ADVERB: "in a faulty, inefficient, insufficient, or unpleasant manner; often used in combination" Crossword Clue

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ADVERB: "in a faulty, inefficient, insufficient, or unpleasant manner; often used in combination" Crossword Answer

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(adjective)
1. affected by an impairment of normal physical or mental function
2. presaging ill fortune
(noun)
1. an often persistent bodily disorder or disease; a cause for complaining
(adverb)
1. (`ill’ is often used as a combining form) in a poor or improper or unsatisfactory manner; not well
2. unfavorably or with disapproval

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

INSUFFICIENT (adjective)
1. of a quantity not able to fulfill a need or requirement
INEFFICIENT (adjective)
1. lacking the ability or skill to perform effectively; inadequate
2. not producing desired results; wasteful

More Missing Letter Crossword (6/20/2026) Answers

Across

1. PRONOUN: "often used especially with an adverbial modifier in the complimentary close of a letter"

6. Put all your chips into the pot, in poker slang

9. Take charge of a not-great situation

10. NOUN: "a shout of approval "

11. "I ___ best!"

13. Suffix with hex or meth

14. Marriage, in metaphor

15. NOUN: "the natural force that tends to cause...things to fall towards the Earth"

18. ADJECTIVE: "being what one or ones out of a group"

19. NOUN: "a wave [turning] into foam (as against the shore)"

21. VERB: "to free of excess or extraneous matter...by cutting"

22. NOUN: "the [employee] with the chief decision-making authority in an organization or business"

24. NOUN: "a covering for the head usually having a shaped crown and brim"

25. NOUN: "a complex tissue in the vascular system of higher plants"

27. NOUN: "the first woman, the wife of Adam, and the mother of Cain and Abel"

28. Cause to smile

29. CONJUNCTION: "used as a function word to introduce the second or last member or the second and each following member of a series of items each of which is negated"

30. NOUN: "a cavalry sword with a curved blade, thick back, and guard"

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1. Speak with odd syntax he does

2. ___ to (because of)

3. NOUN: "one that...selects risks to be solicited or rates the acceptability of risks solicited"

4. NOUN: "the outer part of a wheel joined to the hub usually by spokes"

5. Home with oinking

6. PHRASE: "used to suggest that a person's problems or feelings are not unusual and do not deserve much sympathy"

7. NOUN: "a metal made by melting and mixing two or more metals or a metal and another material together"

8. VERB: "to become altered from a solid to a liquid state usually by heat"

14. VERB: "to hit (someone or something) with your foot"

16. Throat-clearing attention-getter

17. PREPOSITION: "by way of"

19. "Nice work!"

20. "How does ___ eat cereal?" "Witherspoon"

21. "What happened next was..."

23. Lag b'___ (Jewish holiday)

25. "___ in 'Xerox'" (phrase used when spelling out a word)

26. ___ Sumac (1950s entertainer)

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