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Term: inadept

Part of speech: adjective

Sense: Not skilled or proficient; lacking ability or expertise.

Usage:

• She felt inadept at dancing and preferred to watch.
• The student's inadept attempt at solving the math problem resulted in a wrong answer.

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Part of speech: noun

Sense: A person lacking skill or expertise in a particular area.

Usage:

• The team didn't rely on him as a basketball player since he was an inadept.
• She struggled to improve her cooking skills and remained an inadept in the kitchen.

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Part of speech: adverb

Sense: In a manner lacking skill or proficiency.

Usage:

• The pianist played inadeptly during the concert, disappointing the audience.
• He managed to complete the task inadeptly, causing delays and errors.

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