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Meanings of inept in inglês

Not elegant or graceful in expression.

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Generally incompetent and ineffectual.

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Revealing lack of perceptiveness or judgment or finesse.

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Examples for "tactless"
Examples for "tactless"
1
In addition; a possibly tactless comment could be taken the wrong way!
The South African
2
I suppose I have grown awkward and tactless in my lonely life.
The Witch of Prague: A Fantastic Tale
3
In fairness to Drum, his was a reasonable, if slightly tactless, response.
The Guardian
4
Well-meaning but tactless, Abe Cone expressed the general feeling, when he observed:
The Man from the Bitter Roots
5
The amiable but tactless Snavely saw a happy solution of the problem.
Golden Stories / A Selection of the Best Fiction by the Foremost...
Usage of inept in inglês
1
Quite another to borrow money to fund a bloated, inept, patronage-driven state.
The South African
2
Back in the day, they used to be extremely hapless and inept.
The Guardian
3
Greece's national accounts turned out to be fiction and the state inept.
The Guardian
4
Seeking reaction from Argentinians who were so horribly inept is heavy work.
The Irish Times
5
At first, I thought it was a comment on my inept synopsis.
The Guardian
6
Once again, your job is to protect the inept rodents from themselves.
The Irish Times
7
He said: do not be discomposed by the opinions of inept persons.
South Wind
8
Here you are, you say, delivered to me by your inept protector.
Wizard at Large
9
He wanted to cause confusion and make us look and feel inept.
Tough customer: a novel
10
If the narcissist fails in therapy - his analyst must be inept.
The Developmental Psychology of Psychopathology
11
He asked himself how he could have been so stupid, so inept.
Joe Burke's Last Stand
12
He was as brilliant a potentate as he was inept a lover.
Complete Books of Blood
13
A man so inept, he hires his own informer to expose him.
The Silver Pigs
14
But the costly Brexit referendum confirmed that Cameron is inept in a crisis.
The Guardian
15
He was right; the competition has been scattered, and mostly inept.
The Guardian
16
The results so far have been provocative but ultimately inept, messy.
The Guardian
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Inept through the time
Inept across language varieties
Ireland
Common
United States of America
Common
United Kingdom
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