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inept

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inept in WordNet English dictionary

adjective
  1. 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?"
    awkward  clumsy  cumbersome  inapt  inept  ill-chosen 
  2. generally incompetent and ineffectual
    "feckless attempts to repair the plumbing"; "inept handling of the account"
    feckless  inept 
  3. revealing lack of perceptiveness or judgment or finesse
    "an inept remark"; "it was tactless to bring up those disagreeable"
    inept  tactless 
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