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inept
(/I/n'/E/pt )

adjective (a)

  • Not apt or fit; unfit; unsuitable; improper; unbecoming.(adjective)
    source: webster1913

adjective satellite (s)

  • not elegant or graceful in expression(adj.all)
    Example:
    If the rumor is true, can anything be more inept than to repeat it now?.
    Synonym:
    awkward, clumsy, cumbersome, ill-chosen, inapt
    source: wordnet30
  • generally incompetent and ineffectual(adj.all)
    Example:
    Inept handling of the account.
    Synonym:
    feckless
    source: wordnet30
  • revealing lack of perceptiveness or judgment or finesse(adj.all)
    Example:
    An inept remark.
    Synonym:
    tactless
    source: wordnet30
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