inept

Example Sentences

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Mr. Gosling’s Grace, unlike Matt Damon’s character, is attractively humble, often confused, and at times inept.

From The Wall Street Journal

But the inept followers aside — and many of them are falling to the side — there are those who see the handwriting on the wall.

From Salon

Comedian Daniel Tosh even parlayed a desire to gawk at the web’s inept and unaware into a vicious update of “America’s Funniest Home Videos” that aired on Comedy Central for years.

From Salon

At the same time, Scott criticized Powell during the interview, saying he found him to be “inept at doing his job, but ineptness or being incompetent is not a criminal act.”

From MarketWatch

The increased scrutiny that’s come with their ascent, however, has revealed them to be hilariously inept.

From Salon