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inept

/I/n'/E/pt/

Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.

adjective

  1. Not apt or fit; unfit; unsuitable; improper; unbecoming.

    adjective

    Source: webster1913

adjective satellite

  1. not elegant or graceful in expression

    adj.all

    Examples
    If the rumor is true, can anything be more inept than to repeat it now?
    Synonyms awkward clumsy cumbersome ill-chosen inapt

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  2. generally incompetent and ineffectual

    adj.all

    Examples
    Inept handling of the account.
    Synonyms feckless

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  3. revealing lack of perceptiveness or judgment or finesse

    adj.all

    Examples
    An inept remark.
    Synonyms tactless

    Source: WordNet 3.0

Nearby words

ineluctabilityineluctableineluctablyineludibleinembryonateinenarrableineptitudeineptlyineptnessinequableinequalinequality

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