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English adjective: inept | |||
| 1. | inept not elegant or graceful in expression | ||
| Samples | An awkward prose style. A clumsy apology. His cumbersome writing style. If the rumor is true, can anything be more inept than to repeat it now?. | ||
| Synonyms | awkward, clumsy, cumbersome, ill-chosen, inapt | ||
| Similar | infelicitous | ||
| Antonyms | felicitous | ||
| 2. | inept generally incompetent and ineffectual | ||
| Samples | Feckless attempts to repair the plumbing. Inept handling of the account. | ||
| Synonyms | feckless | ||
| Similar | incompetent | ||
| Antonyms | competent | ||
| 3. | inept revealing lack of perceptiveness or judgment or finesse | ||
| Samples | An inept remark. It was tactless to bring up those disagreeable. | ||
| Synonyms | tactless | ||
| Similar | maladroit | ||
| Antonyms | adroit | ||
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