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inept
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Learner's definition of INEPT
[more inept; most inept]
1
: lacking skill or ability缺乏技巧的；无能的
- an inept mechanic笨手笨脚的技工
- He was completely inept at sports.他体育方面完全不在行。
- a socially inept teenager [=a teenager who is shy or awkward around other people]不善社交的十几岁的孩子
2
: showing a lack of skill or ability : not done well不适当的；差劲的 — compare inapt
- inept planning不当的规划
- He made an inept attempt to apologize.他笨嘴拙舌地试着道歉。
— ineptly
adverb- It was ineptly done.这件事办砸了。
— ineptness
noun [noncount]- the ineptness of the coaching staff教练组的无能
Synonyms
Example Sentences
Not only does the post have a narrow mandate, covering such sexy subjects as nuclear waste and solar energy, but the secretary presides over the most inept bureaucrats in the land. 
Franklin Foer, New Republic, 3 July 2000 The real hackers have an understanding of technology at a basic level. … The rest are talentless poseurs and hangers-on, either completely inept or basic criminals. Bruce Schneier, Secrets & Lies, 2000 To Cornelius, the White House travel office must have seemed—as it would have to any of the others who had served on the tight ship of the campaign's travel operation—an appallingly inept … operation. Peter J. Boyer, New Yorker, 15 Apr. 1996 He was completely inept at sports. He made an inept attempt to apologize.
Franklin Foer, New Republic, 3 July 2000 The real hackers have an understanding of technology at a basic level. … The rest are talentless poseurs and hangers-on, either completely inept or basic criminals. Bruce Schneier, Secrets & Lies, 2000 To Cornelius, the White House travel office must have seemed—as it would have to any of the others who had served on the tight ship of the campaign's travel operation—an appallingly inept … operation. Peter J. Boyer, New Yorker, 15 Apr. 1996 He was completely inept at sports. He made an inept attempt to apologize. Recent Examples on the Web Part of that was Trevon Diggs' coverage, but Washington's inept offense is McLaurin's biggest problem. Tony Holm, USA TODAY, 27 Dec. 2021 But the most urgent complaint, spanning industries and incomes, is that the working world’s new clocks are just wrong: inept at capturing offline activity, unreliable at assessing hard-to-quantify tasks and prone to undermining the work itself. New York Times, 14 Aug. 2022 The offense was equally inept and lethargic in that early going, but if D is going to be the Warriors’ calling card during Curry’s absence, that quarter is going to have to be an outlier. Scott Ostler, San Francisco Chronicle, 20 Mar. 2022 The Republicans sat silent, stone-faced, and inept. Anthony Kinnett, National Review, 10 Mar. 2022 The history of nuclear power in America is one of rushed and slipshod engineering, unwarranted assurances of public safety, political influence and financial chicanery, inept and duplicitous regulators, and mismanagement on a grand scale. Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 6 Jan. 2022 Russia’s goal, according to American intelligence assessments, would be to make Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelensky, look inept and defenseless — and perhaps provide an excuse for an invasion. New York Times, 20 Dec. 2021 The three-time Cy Young Award winner got a head start on what's sure to be a celebration of his career by dazzling the struggling Angels, who have been offensively inept while losing 10 of their previous 12. Greg Beacham, ajc, 16 July 2022 Anyone who’s sat through an inept or awkward corporate presentation at work can attest that the Jan. 6 hearings are not that. Inkoo Kang, Washington Post, 23 June 2022 See More
Tony Holm, USA TODAY, 27 Dec. 2021 But the most urgent complaint, spanning industries and incomes, is that the working world’s new clocks are just wrong: inept at capturing offline activity, unreliable at assessing hard-to-quantify tasks and prone to undermining the work itself. New York Times, 14 Aug. 2022 The offense was equally inept and lethargic in that early going, but if D is going to be the Warriors’ calling card during Curry’s absence, that quarter is going to have to be an outlier. Scott Ostler, San Francisco Chronicle, 20 Mar. 2022 The Republicans sat silent, stone-faced, and inept. Anthony Kinnett, National Review, 10 Mar. 2022 The history of nuclear power in America is one of rushed and slipshod engineering, unwarranted assurances of public safety, political influence and financial chicanery, inept and duplicitous regulators, and mismanagement on a grand scale. Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 6 Jan. 2022 Russia’s goal, according to American intelligence assessments, would be to make Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelensky, look inept and defenseless — and perhaps provide an excuse for an invasion. New York Times, 20 Dec. 2021 The three-time Cy Young Award winner got a head start on what's sure to be a celebration of his career by dazzling the struggling Angels, who have been offensively inept while losing 10 of their previous 12. Greg Beacham, ajc, 16 July 2022 Anyone who’s sat through an inept or awkward corporate presentation at work can attest that the Jan. 6 hearings are not that. Inkoo Kang, Washington Post, 23 June 2022 See More Word History
Etymology
Middle French inepte, from Latin ineptus, from in- + aptus apt
First Known Use
1542, in the meaning defined at sense 2
Time Traveler
The first known use of inept was in 1542 adjective
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