Inept (Adjective)
Meaning 1
Generally incompetent and ineffectual; "feckless attempts to repair the plumbing"; "inept handling of the account".
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Meaning 2
Revealing lack of perceptiveness or judgment or finesse; "an inept remark"; "it was tactless to bring up those disagreeable".
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Meaning 3
Not elegant or graceful in expression; "an awkward prose style"; "a clumsy apology"; "his cumbersome writing style"; "if the rumor is true, can anything be more inept than to repeat it now?".
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Examples
- The politician's inept attempt at a speech was met with awkward silence from the crowd.
- Her inept handling of the situation only made things worse.
- The company's inept marketing strategy resulted in a significant loss of sales.
- The movie's inept dialogue made it difficult to take the characters seriously.
- The student's inept essay was filled with grammatical errors and awkward phrasing.