Worse still, local mayors, particularly in Kurdish areas, have proved inept at dealing with the outbreak.
Perhaps it was when Price proved inept at bluffing his way out of a scandal.
Over the past three years, China has proven inept and pointlessly confrontational in its push to seize control of the South China Sea.
Racism continues to bring shame to the sport, and the authorities have proven inept at tackling it.
Mercedes had previously proved inept at making Pirelli's rubber work for them during races, particularly in the heat.
Entrusted to take the boy to the beach, Kikujiro escorts him to the bicycle track, where the boy irritates him by proving inept at picking winners.
To be sure, WorldCom's downfall is part of a broader collapse of the telecommunications industry, which proved inept at predicting demand for its services.
It did not for two basic reasons: The White House was under pressure to focus on the economy and proved inept at multimessaging, and officials never settled on a consistent and coherent rationale for the law.
You can't be more talented than was Sammy Davis, Jr., but he, too, proved inept at a talk-show assignment, as did another of my personal favorites, the gifted and lovable entertainer-dancer-actor-singer Donald O'Connor.
But a collection of policymakers and academics assembled in Liverpool by the Kauffman Foundation, which promotes enterprise, all made it clear that this is easier said than done.Policymakers have proved inept at promoting enterprise.
