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Inept

  1. adjective

    revealing lack of perceptiveness or judgment or finesse

    “an inept remark”

    Similar: tactless

  2. adjective

    not elegant or graceful in expression

    “an awkward prose style”

    Similar: awkward, clumsy, cumbersome, inapt

  3. adjective

    generally incompetent and ineffectual

    “feckless attempts to repair the plumbing”

    Similar: feckless

Word family

ineptness · ineptly

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