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inept in WordNet English dictionary
adjective- 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
- generally incompetent and ineffectual
"feckless attempts to repair the plumbing"; "inept handling of the account"
feckless inept
- 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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