inapt
/ɪnˈæpt/
adjective
- Not suitable or appropriate in a particular situation.
- Using a hammer for this delicate task is completely inapt.
- The coach's inapt strategy led to the team's defeat.
- Her inapt comment during the meeting offended several colleagues.
- Lacking skill or ability; clumsy or awkward.
- Her inapt attempt at fixing the sink only made the leak worse.
- The inapt dancer kept stepping on his partner's toes.
- He was inapt at handling the new software, making many errors.
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