adjective
                                                not elegant or graceful in expression
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                                                                                                        - an awkward prose style
- a clumsy apology
- his cumbersome writing style
- if the rumor is true, can anything be more inept than to repeat it now?
 
                                                                                        
                                                adjective
                                                generally incompetent and ineffectual
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                                                                                                Examples
                                                
                                                                                                        - feckless attempts to repair the plumbing
- inept handling of the account
 
                                                                                        
                                                adjective
                                                revealing lack of perceptiveness or judgment or finesse
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                                                                                                Examples
                                                
                                                                                                        - an inept remark
- it was tactless to bring up those disagreeable