How to Use inept in a Sentence

inept

adjective

• He was completely inept at sports.
• He made an inept attempt to apologize.
• In the grand scheme of things, the new Space Jam isn’t hateful or inept.
  — Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 14 July 2021
• But the late push wasn’t enough to make up for an inept start by both sides of the ball.
  — Rohan Nadkarni, NBC News, 23 Sep. 2024
• The leadership in this country, on the left and the right, have proven to be inept.
  — Kweku Ramel Akyirefi Smith, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 5 June 2020
• The Bruins looked inept in many of their first six games.
  — Brian Howell, The Denver Post, 27 Oct. 2019
• It’s not as though the Jazz were wholly inept in Game 2.
  — Gordon Monson, The Salt Lake Tribune, 19 Apr. 2022
• Absent Carr, the Raiders have looked inept, both last year and this year.
  — Tom Krasovic, sandiegouniontribune.com, 13 Oct. 2017
• Janet Yellen, join the other hand, was and is an inept messager.
  — George Calhoun, Forbes, 23 Sep. 2021
• The right to a speedy trial doesn’t mean much if your courts are corrupt or inept.
  — Kevin D. Williamson, National Review, 28 Jan. 2018
• On the flip side, the reason the defenders were on the field so long is because the offense was, for the most part, inept.
  — Don Norcross, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Oct. 2022
• An inept alien named Zim is sent to Earth by his peers who don't want to deal with him anymore.
  — Stacey Grant, Seventeen, 15 Sep. 2022
• The Texans, after all, are about as inept as an NFL team gets.
  — Mark Maske, Anchorage Daily News, 12 Dec. 2022
• Cal came in, all but inept on offense, but left the game vs. WSU with season highs in points and yards.
  — oregonlive, 21 Nov. 2019
• He is rescued by the inept but loving Clarence, who has been sent to teach him the true value of his life.
  — James Matthew Wilson, WSJ, 24 Dec. 2020
• To be fair, The Brink is guilty of being more misguided than inept.
  — Elizabeth Kerr, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 Oct. 2017
• The move to the Rams showed how the Browns coaching staff was absolutely inept in using him in the red zone.
  — Terry Pluto, cleveland, 14 Feb. 2022
• To the contrary: President Biden is remote, inept, out-of-touch, and out-of-step.
  — Matthew Continetti, National Review, 4 Sep. 2021
• For much of the first half Sunday, Seattle’s offense was inept and bungling.
  — Bill Pennington, New York Times, 22 Oct. 2017
• Which isn’t to say that the Slow Horses are completely inept.
  — Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 29 Nov. 2023
• Never mind that his bunch looked as inept as ever in the opener.
  — Kevin Sherrington, Dallas News, 14 Oct. 2022
• The Seahawks offense was inept and the defense was clueless during their 28-12 loss to the Rams.
  — oregonlive, 9 Dec. 2019
• Foes of the head tax spent months attacking City Hall as inept and wasteful.
  — Daniel Beekman, The Seattle Times, 15 Oct. 2018
• Now came time for the Cardinals to play inept baseball.
  — Andy McCullough, latimes.com, 30 May 2017
• The Jets, like their New York counterparts the Giants, were equally inept at 4-12 each.
  — Rob Maaddi, ajc, 6 Jan. 2022
• Anyway, one dad took to Reddit to rant about how this whole inept-dad thing is pretty dumb.
  — Mallory Schlossberg, Redbook, 29 Mar. 2017
• The show revolves around a group of imbecilic dirtbags, each one more inept than the next.
  — Yohana Desta, HWD, 17 Sep. 2017
• That agent, played by Damon Wayans Jr., is somehow even more inept.
  — Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 11 Feb. 2021
• An inept dog groomer and a limousine driver chase the latter’s dream girl cross country.
  — Los Angeles Times, 26 Mar. 2021
• But far less heroic reform programs fail all the time in the current world, doomed by poor planning, inept leadership, and thorny politics.
  — Nicholas Eberstadt, Foreign Affairs, 10 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 15 Nov 2024