Word: amateurishly
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...growing number may be indicative of one thing: the al-Qaeda-inspired fondness of jihadists to coordinate strikes in a short space of time to produce a siege mentality among the public. Nevertheless, the general consensus among security experts in Britain and Europe is that the technology involved is amateurish and the strategy ham-handed. "In a world with very efficient explosives and lots of recipes for home-made explosives available, using gas cans and nails would suggest a very modest degree of technical ability," notes one veteran French counter-terrorism official, referring to the 60 liters of gasoline, commercially...
...prospect of a very large, deadly attack being staged and successfully executed - then we're most worried about very skilled groups being transplanted here from elsewhere, notably north Africa. The London plot doesn't fit that kind of bill. It could have been terrible, but there's an amateurish feel to it." With reporting by Catherine Mayer/London
...kickers included “Tis the Season for Steamy Sex” and “10 Hot Harvard Men.” Freeze was a girls’ magazine in the tradition of YM and Seventeen, a frivolous book of fluff that was not so much amateurish as exuberant and joyously faithful to its genre. “Sometimes, we all need to relax,” Sebastian wrote in her inaugural editor’s note, “Yeah, George Orwell has his uses—but so does Jennifer Crusie. Never underestimate the value...
...Internet geek variety - and you?re sure to be pummeled by an onslaught of negative adjectives and metaphors. Indeed, Boll is no stranger to criticism: when his film Alone in the Dark-based on the video game of the same name-came out in 2005, critics called it "overblown, amateurish gibberish," and used it as proof that Boll "belongs in the pantheon of inept directors." His follow-up film BloodRayne, another video game adaptation, was equally panned, and left critics declaring that he was "fast becoming one of the worst directors on the planet." Just this week in fact, TIME...
...firm connected to Exxon Mobil appears to be behind a ham-fisted youtube.com parody of AL GORE. (Hey, did you know he's considered boring? It's true!) In the Internet age, the only kind of political trick less trustworthy than a slick campaign ad is an amateurish...