Happy
Happy adjective - Meeting the requirements of a purpose or situation.
Usage example: the wine was a happy complement to such a fine meal
Inept
Inept adjective - Not appropriate for a particular occasion or situation.
Usage example: an inept comparison between nursing-home residents and day-care children that many found offensive
Nearby Words: ineptitude, ineptly
Both words in one sentence
- Beast and Beauty: Mechanus is socially inept and not conventionally handsome, but he is intelligent, inventive, and quite determined to make Julia happy—even if he doesn't quite know how at first.
Source: Literature / Heart of Steel -
At first its mostly fueled by political pundits, but then a group of new, popular aliens (who are actually preparing to take over) manage to make the JL look everything from inept, trigger happy to outright deceitful.
Source: Hero with Bad Publicity - Likewise, The LEGO Movie does dabble in a bit of cynicism, primarily at the beginning of the film, where most of the townspeople of Bricksberg seem creatively inept and are happy running on Bread and Circuses, much to the delight of Big Bad President Business.
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