inexpertly

Examples

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• Even though she is still new to the job, Vivian seemed like a pro as we navigated the chaotic streets; dogs and children jumped out of the way as we inexpertly barreled down the road.

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• Then, when Giyt got back from the waterworks office, he inexpertly managed to hook up a hose drain to the kitchen sink.

  Fiction book (1997)

• How inexpertly that had been done, as if with Wite-Out.

  Fiction book (2000)

• James pumps the brakes and saws away inexpertly at the wheel.

  Fiction book (1996)

• His face was almost square, and with an angled jawline; his nose looked as if it had been broken and inexpertly reset.

  Fiction book (1992)

• We dodged flying hooks cast inexpertly by children off the windy rock jetty a mile or so down from the pier.

  Fiction book (1995)

• Dinah watched Netta inexpertly cut up the remaining beets, now and then repeating that little habitual shake of her head.

  Fiction book (1992)

• He lit the stick from the end of the other man's cigar, no easy task, and puffed away on it inexpertly, redoubling the cabin smog.

  Fiction book (1990)

• "You got to be kidding, right?" He gazed out the French windows at a group of kids in sabots, tacking inexpertly across Alamitos Bay, sails luffing.

  Fiction book (2002)

• Jay inexpertly carved an avocado, getting green squish all over his fingers.

Synonyms

C

crudely

vsinexpertly

13 4.8

In a rough, unskilled, and often rude way

means lacking skill or experience more generally, not only roughness

U

unprofessionally

vsinexpertly

2 4.6

In a way that lacks the skill or care expected at work

focuses on lack of experience or basic skill rather than failing standards

I

incompetently

vsinexpertly

2 4.2

In a way that shows little skill or ability

highlights insufficient experience as the cause rather than only inability

I

ineptly

vsinexpertly

1 5.5

In a clumsy way that shows little skill

focuses on lack of skill due to inexperience rather than mere clumsiness

A

amateurishly

vsinexpertly

1 6.5

In a way that shows little skill or experience

points to lack of experience rather than merely a nonprofessional appearance

U

unskillfully

vsinexpertly

4.0

In a clumsy way that shows little ability

attributes poor performance mainly to lack of experience rather than other causes

U

unartfully

vsinexpertly

8.7

In a clumsy way that shows poor skill

applies to general unskilled or inexperienced action, not only lack of artistry

A

artlessly

vsinexpertly

7.4

In a clumsy way that shows little skill

refers to plain lack of skill or experience rather than mere unsophistication

Antonyms

E

expertly

19 3.4

In a skilful way that shows a lot of ability

How Skillfully

expertly

19 3.4

skillfully

22 3.2

competently

8 3.6

inexpertly

1 6.6

awkwardly

38 2.7

clumsily

12 2.8

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