inept
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There’s a real argument here that an agency so inept in its recruitment will also be inept at training people and carrying out its mission.
From Slate • Jan. 13, 2026
The smartest guy in the room could also be strangely inept at reading the room.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 21, 2025
"I don't know if I'm shy. I think I'm socially inept," she recently told Canadian DJ Tara Sloane.
From BBC • Oct. 10, 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
Experienced seamstresses could keep their machines in working order, but those who were new, inept, or very ill could not.
From "Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West" by Blaine Harden
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