| 单词 | inept |
| 释义 | inept (once / 5164 pages) adj A clumsy, incompetent person — or an ineffective action — is inept. When you're inept, you don't know what you're doing or just can't get it done. Someone inept is bumbling, clueless, and ineffective. Inept people are dumb or clueless; they don't understand things. More than that, inept people are bad at what they do. An inept lawyer always loses cases. An inept figure skater wipes out on the ice. An inept postal worker loses mail and puts it in the wrong box. An inept person is downright bad at something. The opposite of inept is competent. WORD FAMILYinept: ineptly, ineptness USAGE EXAMPLESIn Davao City, he helped lure investors, dramatically cut red tape and fired inept officials. Reuters(Dec 30, 2016) Meanwhile, the Broncos trudged through another inept offensive performance. Washington Times(Dec 25, 2016) Meanwhile, the Broncos trudged through another inept offensive performance. Los Angeles Times(Dec 25, 2016) 1adj generally incompetent and ineffectual inept handling of the account Syn feckless incompetent not qualified or suited for a purpose 2adj revealing lack of perceptiveness or judgment or finesse an inept remark Syn tactless maladroit not adroit 3adj not elegant or graceful in expression if the rumor is true, can anything be more inept than to repeat it now? Syn awkward, clumsy, cumbersome, ill-chosen, inapt infelicitous not appropriate in application; defective |
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