What is the meaning of inept?

adjective

  • Not elegant or graceful in expression.
    • usage: "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"
  • Generally incompetent and ineffectual.
    • usage: "feckless attempts to repair the plumbing"; "inept handling of the account"
  • Revealing lack of perceptiveness or judgment or finesse.
    • usage: "an inept remark"; "it was tactless to bring up those disagreeable"
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