Word: inept
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...game also did a lot to erase doubts about Harvard after a lackluster performance against Holy Cross last week. Harvard lost that game, 27-25, and looked inept on offense, coughing up the ball five times on three interceptions and two fumbles...
...show them we weren't weak," a private told investigators. "Everyone in the squad has done things like put their arms around females when they are walking by us and talk to them in a flirting manner," Private First Class Joshua Robertson told investigators. Plainly, the Army provided inept intelligence to these troops before sending them to Kosovo. "I really thought we were coming over here to do some type of damage," one unidentified soldier said, "but when we got over here, the people were really nice...
...happens, I've always taken great pride in keeping my checkbook reconciled with my bank statement. I must have once heard my father refer to someone who was so financially inept that he "couldn't keep his checkbook balanced," and I've endeavored not to fall beneath even that modest standard. But this requires working on the outer edges of my financial and mathematical competence, and it would take less than the destruction of a few checks to throw everything out of kilter...
...relatives, who has threatened to cut off Schilling's head unless the U.S. government releases one of the most dangerous terrorists in its prison system, he now also has to contend with the fact that his captors are under fire from an army that has thus far proved singularly inept in its efforts, egged on by a beleaguered president who made his name playing the hero in countless Filipino action movies and is now desperate to redeem his tough-guy image...
...tests and standards are a necessary fact of life. They protect us--most of the time--from inept drivers, hazardous products and shoddy professionals. In schools too, exams play a constructive role. They tell public officials whether new school programs are making a difference and where new investments are likely to pay off. They tell teachers what their students have learned--and have not. They tell parents how their children are doing compared with others their age. They encourage students to exert more effort...