inept• When it comes to girls, Isaac is socially inept and awkward.• the ineptmanagement of the team
politically/socially inept• She found them selfish and demanding and socially inept.• The shadowbudget was also politically inept, although its positivefeatures could have been defended much better than they were.
Origininept
(1500-1600)Frenchinepte, from Latinineptus, from aptus; → APT
VERBS | ADVERB | PREPOSITIONVERBS➤be, prove缺乏技巧;證明缺乏技能▸➤seem似乎笨手笨腳ADVERB➤rather相當笨拙➤completely完全無能▸➤intellectually, politically, socially笨頭笨腦;缺乏政治技巧;缺乏社交技巧◇It would be politically inept to make these cutbacks now.現在實施這些削減在政治上是不明智的。➤comically, hopelessly, woefully笨拙得可笑/無可救藥/可悲PREPOSITION➤at拙於⋯◇He was rather inept at word games.他在文字遊戲方面相當愚笨。