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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.
1. : generally incompetent : bungling. inept leadership. 2. : lacking in fitness or aptitude : unfit. inept at sports. 3. : not suitable to the time, place, or occasion : inappropriate often to an absurd degree. an inept metaphor. 4. : lacking sense or reason : foolish. ineptly. i-ˈnep (t)-lē. adverb. ineptness. i-ˈnept-nəs. noun. Synonyms. inapt.
Inept definition: without skill or aptitude for a particular task or assignment; maladroit. See examples of INEPT used in a sentence.
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.
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.
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. /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.
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 definition: Lacking or showing a lack of skill or competence; bungling or clumsy.
