Sentences with 'inept'
Example sentences and phrases with the word inept and other words derived from it.
• « Too many warnings of danger, too much "Careful, not that," can make a child feel inept, fearful and ... pessimistic. »
• « Instead, the French sent their armed forces into the Netherlands while the Germans crashed into France itself, the British and French proved inept at working together, and Allied morale collapsed completely. »
• « Stalin had spent the late 1930s "purging" various groups within the Soviet state and army, and his purges had already killed almost all the experienced commanders, leaving inexperienced and sometimes inept replacements in their wake. In many areas, the locals welcomed the Germans as a better controlling force than the Bolsheviks had been, without putting up any resistance. »
• « Since 1788, Charles IV had reigned in Spain, a man of neither character nor political ability. The heir to the throne, his son Ferdinand, was no better. And the real master of power, the minister Manuel Godoy, was as inept as the one and the other. As a result, the misrule that affected both Spain and the monarchy's American dominions became increasingly evident. »