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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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The company had the most wonderful technology coupled with lethally inept management.
Their years of management were pretty inept and brought about a tenfold increase in water prices.
Even where love is blind, it was obvious that Julian had been inept at studies, and his prospects were fair at best.
But it's so inept on every level that even scenes that have an inherent, almost foolproof interest fail to come to life.
The fault lies clearly, yet again, with inefficient and inept council officers and management.
They were technically inept in the skills of composition, though some were fine singers and lutenists.

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