1.   But he was hopelessly inept at managing money, and they were always in financial difficulties.

2.   Continuing guest stars will include Garry Marshall as the network president and Paul Reubens, better known as Pee-wee Herman, as his hopelessly inept nephew.

3.   Racing, like its first cousin boxing, is so hopelessly inept and shoddily run that dysfunction has become part of its charm.

4.   The government is either in on the plot or is hopelessly inept at protecting its citizens.

5.   The hopelessly inept detective with the strange eyebrows floating in the vicinity of his forehead is even angrier with the world, and usually with good reason.

6.   To the hopelessly inept, with neither skills nor tools, calamity always seems irreversible.