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inept

/ɪn'ɛpt/

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adjective
revealing lack of perceptiveness or judgment or finesse
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"an inept remark"

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tactless maladroit
adjective
generally incompetent and ineffectual
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"inept handling of the account"

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feckless incompetent
adjective
not elegant or graceful in expression
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"if the rumor is true, can anything be more inept than to repeat it now?"

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awkward clumsy cumbersome ill-chosen inapt infelicitous

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