inept

Example Sentences

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Gunpowder started to change that, but early firearms were comically inept.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 14, 2025

The FBI has assigned him to man a table at recruitment fairs, but he’s an inept salesman and not much more effective as a father.

From Salon • Sep. 7, 2025

Crucially, their hold on their elite base persists even if, in practice, they turn out to be inept candidates or incompetent managers with few practicable ideas.

From Slate • Jun. 17, 2025

Some believe that it was intrinsically inept to target a benefit paid to pensioners.

From BBC • May 21, 2025

Few men could have successfully followed Abraham Lincoln as president, but Andrew Johnson proved particularly inept.

From "Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever" by Bill O'Reilly