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The changes are mostly varying degrees of sudden technological ineptness, offset in certain cars by proactive updates from the manufacturers.
AT&T JUST SHUT DOWN ITS 3G NETWORK. HERE’S HOW IT COULD AFFECT YOUR CAR.ROB STUMPF/THE DRIVEFEBRUARY 23, 2022POPULAR-SCIENCE
Far too long, the city has succumbed to ineptness, politics, public relations, poor advice, and no accountability while homeless providers were belittled and criticized for simply managing, or worse yet being part of the problem.
WE NEED ACCOUNTABILITY FOR THOSE TASKED WITH ‘ENDING’ HOMELESSNESSMATHEW PACKARDDECEMBER 21, 2021VOICE OF SAN DIEGO
The job in 2021 is Arline’s to lose at the moment, and he’s focused on getting bigger, stronger and faster and mastering an offense that Niumatalolo repeatedly called “inept” during the season.
KEN NIUMATALOLO SAYS HE HASN’T TALKED TO ARIZONA AFTER CHALLENGING SEASON FOR NAVYKAREEM COPELANDDECEMBER 18, 2020WASHINGTON POST
In April, Tony Thompson, the Sheriff of Waterloo, Iowa ,told Rachel Maddow that Tyson displayed “inept, reactionary and dysfunctional responses” to the pandemic.
TYSON MANAGERS ALLEGEDLY BET ON HOW MANY MEAT PLANT WORKERS WOULD GET COVID-19JAYA SAXENANOVEMBER 19, 2020EATER
People could also just be inept at figuring out what will make them happy in love.
YOUR ROMANTIC IDEALS DON’T PREDICT WHO YOUR FUTURE PARTNER WILL BE - ISSUE 88: LOVE & SEXALICE FLEERACKERSAUGUST 5, 2020NAUTILUS
Their "lameness" and "ineptness" and "impotence" plainly arose from disinclination alone.
THE LOYALISTS OF AMERICA AND THEIR TIMES, VOL. 1 OF 2EGERTON RYERSON
"We've had infinites already—infinites," thought Oliver, and didn't care about the ludicrous ineptness of the words.
YOUNG PEOPLE'S PRIDESTEPHEN VINCENT BENET
If these two noticed Angel's growing social ineptness, he noticed their growing mental limitations.
TESS OF THE D'URBERVILLESTHOMAS HARDY
"Don't be too indifferent, Cora," said her mother, with ingenuous ineptness.
EMILY FOX-SETONFRANCES HODGSON BURNETT
The inefficiency and ineptness of the Secretary of State have been a reproach to the country.
NEW YORK TIMES CURRENT HISTORY; THE EUROPEAN WAR, VOL 2, NO. 4, JULY, 1915VARIOUS
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capacitor

WORDS RELATED TO INEPTNESS

  • awkwardness
  • clumsiness
  • inability
  • incompetence
  • ineptness
  • ungracefulness
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