Synonym: awkward, clumsy, cumbersome, feckless, ill-chosen, inapt, tactless. Similar words: nephew, adept, keep to, septic, except, accept, precept, concept. Meaning: [ɪ'nept] 
adj. 1. not elegant or graceful in expression 2. generally incompetent and ineffectual 3. revealing lack of perceptiveness or judgment or finesse.
adj. 1. not elegant or graceful in expression 2. generally incompetent and ineffectual 3. revealing lack of perceptiveness or judgment or finesse. 
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1 He was always rather inept at sport.
2 I've never heard anyone so inept at making speeches.
3 He was criticized for his inept handling of the problem.
4 It would be politically inept to cut these training programmes now.
5 Blake was intellectually able but politically inept.
6 He was an inept politician.
7 He was rather inept at word games.
8 He was inept and lacked the intelligence to govern.
9 She was left feeling inept and inadequate.
10 He was criticized for his inept handling of the situation.
11 Dick was socially inept and uncomfortable in the presence of women.
12 His inept handling of a minor problem turned it into a major crisis.
13 Whan an inept remark to make on such a formal occasion.
14 She found them selfish and demanding and socially inept.
15 This is a clear example of inept drafting.
16 Ferry captains have no time to trifle with inept sailors blocking the channel.
17 The shadow budget was also politically inept,[www.Sentencedict.com] although its positive features could have been defended much better than they were.
18 Though banks have proved inept at merging, big ones in the same market should be able to achieve 30% cost savings.
19 An inept clearance by Wright, who was in the left-back position, gave Celtic an unexpected opportunity to go in front.
20 There were flings, of course, but Nicholas was inept at all forms of promiscuity except gossip.
21 In fact, economists have proved notoriously inept at predicting upturns and downturns.
22 Often, the people most committed to the use of charismatic gifts are those most inept in evangelism.
23 These search systems must still be suitable for casual use by inept or inexperienced users.
24 He staggered through the open doorway, into the painted freezer, feeling his knees giving out with each inept step.
25 And as much as he was out of step with me, he seemed inept with what used to be our world.
26 Those on the rung just below are often rendered as ridiculous rather than evil, as inept or boorish rather than malign.
27 Last Saturday's exhibition against Hull City, a side with a pitiful away record, was inept and occasionally heartless.
28 Our enjoyment of many of the oysters we were served was diminished by inept shucking.
29 In the most severe cases, work-inhibited children may be so inept that any school assignment is overwhelming.
30 The manner of his handling his departure from McLaren was, however, characteristically inept.
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