Example Sentences

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The nets came loose and had to be inexpertly refastened.

From BBC • Aug. 11, 2023

Nearby, another fence bore an inexpertly painted “CCCP,” the Cyrillic acronym for “USSR.”

From New York Times • Jun. 29, 2022

You can see from the GIFs that Alphabet shared of its robots that they’re still slow and awkward, carrying out tasks inexpertly and at a glacial pace.

From The Verge • Nov. 19, 2021

Keller remembers witnessing a woman inexpertly pull to the curb, empathizing with her apparent frustration.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 8, 2020

“I’ve...I’ve been subject to them lately. I want to...to congratulate you, of course. I’m very glad—” The inexpertly applied rouge made a pair of nasty red splotches upon her chalk-white face.

From "I, Robot" by Isaac Asimov