Definition of Inept

1. Adjective. Not elegant or graceful in expression. "If the rumor is true, can anything be more inept than to repeat it now?"

Exact synonyms: Awkward, Clumsy, Cumbersome, Ill-chosen, Inapt
Similar to: Infelicitous
Derivative terms: Awkwardness, Clumsiness, Inaptness, Ineptness

2. Adjective. Generally incompetent and ineffectual. "Inept handling of the account"
Exact synonyms: Feckless
Similar to: Incompetent
Derivative terms: Fecklessness, Ineptness

3. Adjective. Revealing lack of perceptiveness or judgment or finesse. "It was tactless to bring up those disagreeable"
Exact synonyms: Tactless
Similar to: Maladroit
Derivative terms: Ineptness, Tactlessness

Definition of Inept

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

Definition of Inept

1. Adjective. Not able to do something; not proficient; displaying incompetence ¹

2. Adjective. Unfit; unsuitable ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Inept

1. not suitable [adj] : INEPTLY [adv]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Inept

ineligible
ineligibles
ineligibly
ineliminable
ineloquence
ineloquent
ineloquently
ineluctability
ineluctable
ineluctably
ineludible
inembryonate
inenarrable
inenubilable
inenumerable
inept (current term)
inepter
ineptest
ineptitude
ineptitudes
ineptly
ineptness
ineptnesses
ineptocracies
ineptocracy
inequable
inequal
inequalitarian
inequalitarianism
inequalitarians

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