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- Dictionaryinept/ɪˈnɛpt/
adjective
- 1. having or showing no skill; clumsy: "the referee's inept handling of the match"
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adjective. uk / ɪˈnept / us / ˌɪnˈept / Add to word list. not skilled or effective: inept comment/remark an inept comment / remark. inept at He was always rather inept at sport. inept handling He was criticized for his inept handling of the situation. socially inept Dick was socially inept and uncomfortable in the presence of women. Synonym.
Inept definition: without skill or aptitude for a particular task or assignment; maladroit. See examples of INEPT used in a sentence.
The meaning of INEPT is generally incompetent : bungling. How to use inept in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Inept.
adjective. /ɪˈnept/ acting or done with no skill. She was left feeling inept and inadequate. He's intelligent but socially inept (= not good at relating to people socially). an inept remark. It would be politically inept to cut these training programmes now. He made some particularly inept remarks. Oxford Collocations Dictionary. Word Origin.
If you say that someone is inept, you are criticizing them because they do something with a complete lack of skill. [ disapproval ] He was inept and lacked the intelligence to govern.
not skilled or effective: inept comment/remark an inept comment / remark. inept at He was always rather inept at sports. inept handling He was criticized for his inept handling of the situation. socially inept Dick was socially inept and uncomfortable in the presence of women. Synonym.
A clumsy, incompetent person — or an ineffective action — is inept. When you're inept, you don't know what you're doing or just can't get it done. Someone inept is bumbling, clueless, and ineffective. Inept people are dumb or clueless; they don't understand things.
adj. 1. lacking skill or aptitude, esp. for a particular task; maladroit. 2. generally awkward or incompetent. 3. inappropriate; unsuitable; out of place. 4. absurd or foolish: an inept remark. [1595–1605; < Latin ineptus]
adjective. uk / ɪˈnept / us. Add to word list. unable to do something well: socially inept. She was totally inept at telling jokes. ineptly. adverb. ineptitude. noun [ U ] uk / ɪˈneptɪtjuːd / us. (Definition of inept from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) Translations of inept. in Chinese (Traditional) 無能的, 笨拙的, 無效的…
inept meaning, definition, what is inept: not good at doing something: Learn more.
