What does inept mean?
Inept means Not able to do something; not proficient; displaying incompetence..
Inept
/ɪˈnɛpt/ · adjective
Meaning
Not able to do something; not proficient; displaying incompetence..
Definitions by Sense
- Not able to do something; not proficient; displaying incompetence.
- Unfit; unsuitable.
Example Sentences
As a waiter, he was inept, so they put him in the kitchen.
Stewing over recent legal defeats, he [Donald Trump] spent Sunday night posting a series of rambling rants assailing the “completely inept and embarrassing” Supreme Court, the “Deranged” former special counsel, […] and “a Wacky, Nasty, Crooked, and totally Out of Control Judge” who ruled against him.
The bungled phrase, the slipshod paragraph, the inept metaphor, the irrelevant excursion, the disproportionate development, the feeble conclusion, are indeed all failures of meaning, and the more poetically ambitious the verbal structure in which they occur, the deeper and more substantive the failure may be.
Synonyms for inept
Antonyms for inept
Related Words
Word Forms
- more inept
- most inept
Usage Notes
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Frequently Asked Questions
What is a synonym for inept?
Common synonyms include cumbersome, feckless, incompetent, infelicitous.
What is the opposite of inept?
Possible antonyms include apt, adept, skillful.
How do you use inept in a sentence?
As a waiter, he was inept, so they put him in the kitchen.
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