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inept

英 [ɪ'nept] 美
  • adj. 笨拙的;不适当的

英英释意


1. not elegant or graceful in expression;
"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?"
2. generally incompetent and ineffectual;
"feckless attempts to repair the plumbing"
"inept handling of the account"
3. revealing lack of perceptiveness or judgment or finesse;
"an inept remark"
"it was tactless to bring up those disagreeable"