Far from slick (5)

I believe the answer is:

inept

(Other definitions for inept that I've seen before include "Wanting" , "Cack-handed" , "Incompetent or gauche" , "Hopeless; bungling" , "Not competent" .)

I've seen this clue in the Newsday.

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