Meaning & use
inept
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Lacking skill or competence; clumsy or incompetent.
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His inept handling of the crisis cost the company several major clients.
She felt inept the first time she tried to parallel park.
A note on using this word
Stronger and more critical than "unskilled"; it often implies the person should have done better.
Words with a similar meaning
incompetentclumsy
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Words with an opposite meaning
adeptskillful
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