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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.
The bizarre incident nevertheless solidified the widespread public view that the Opposition Leader was an inept lummox and unreconstructed thug.
Their years of management were pretty inept and brought about a tenfold increase in water prices.
There is frequently poor closure of periods and an inept employment of rhythm in the closure of stanzas and of poems.
They were technically inept in the skills of composition, though some were fine singers and lutenists.
The company had the most wonderful technology coupled with lethally inept management.

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