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Synonyms for inept in English

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inept:
- clumsy; wretched; inept; shaky; poor; bungling; tactless; feckless; awkward; inapt; cumbersome; ill-chosen

English

Detailed Synonyms for inept in English

inept:

inept adj

inept
clumsy; wretched; inept; shaky; poor; bungling
- clumsy adj
- wretched adj
- inept adj
- shaky adj
- poor adj
- bungling adj
inept

– revealing lack of perceptiveness or judgment or finesse ¹
inept; tactless
– revealing lack of perceptiveness or judgment or finesse ¹
- inept adj
  - an inept remark¹
- tactless adj
  - it was tactless to bring up those disagreeable¹
inept

– generally incompetent and ineffectual ¹
inept; feckless
– generally incompetent and ineffectual ¹
- inept adj
  - inept handling of the account¹
- feckless adj
  - feckless attempts to repair the plumbing¹
inept

– not elegant or graceful in expression ¹
awkward; inept; clumsy; inapt; cumbersome; ill-chosen
– not elegant or graceful in expression ¹
- awkward adj
  - an awkward prose style¹
- inept adj
  - if the rumor is true, can anything be more inept than to repeat it now?¹
- clumsy adj
  - a clumsy apology¹
- inapt adj
- cumbersome adj
  - his cumbersome writing style¹
- ill-chosen adj

Related Words for "inept":

ineptness, ineptly

Alternate Synonyms for "inept":

awkward; clumsy; cumbersome; inapt; ill-chosen; infelicitous
feckless; incompetent
tactless; maladroit

Related Definitions for "inept":

revealing lack of perceptiveness or judgment or finesse¹
- an inept remark¹
generally incompetent and ineffectual¹
- inept handling of the account¹
not elegant or graceful in expression¹
- if the rumor is true, can anything be more inept than to repeat it now?¹

¹WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University