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What does inept mean?

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Adjective
  1. Not able to do something; not proficient; displaying incompetence.
  2. Unfit; unsuitable.
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Those inept, self-important idiots ran that place into the ground, creating unnecessary crises through decades of obstinate mismanagement.
And most importantly, both share utter contempt for the politicians who, according to them, are rabble-rousers, inept and corrupt.
Even where love is blind, it was obvious that Julian had been inept at studies, and his prospects were fair at best.
They were technically inept in the skills of composition, though some were fine singers and lutenists.
There is frequently poor closure of periods and an inept employment of rhythm in the closure of stanzas and of poems.
The fault lies clearly, yet again, with inefficient and inept council officers and management.

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