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ineptly

/in-ept, ih-nept/US // ɪnˈɛpt, ɪˈnɛpt //UK // (ɪnˈɛpt) //

无能地,不合时宜地,无效地,无能

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : without skill or aptitude for a particular task or assignment; maladroit: He is inept at mechanical tasks. She is inept at dealing with people.
    • : generally awkward or clumsy; haplessly incompetent.
    • : inappropriate; unsuitable; out of place.
    • : absurd or foolish: an inept remark.

Synonyms & Antonyms

as inbadly

Examples

  • He sees them now for the inept franchise they are, just as he sees an NFL that is not all fun, football and riches.

  • In consequence of the peculiar legend, the stamp has been dubbed, not ineptly, the "has been" stamp.

  • That lover of hers, whom we are presently to see, has compared her ineptly with Joan of Arc, that other maid of France.

  • "Oh, I had nothing else to do," he murmured ineptly, and was suddenly conscious that he still held her hand.

  • They were, in fact, almost arrogantly civilian, coming from a country which had dared ineptly to look down on its defenders.

  • Hoddan was again in sanctuary inside the Embassy they'd guarded so ineptly through the dark.