inept
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Middle French inepte, from Latin ineptus, from in- + aptus (whence English apt).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (UK, US, Canada) IPA(key): /ɪˈnɛpt/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
- (General Australian) IPA(key): /ɪˈnept/
Rhymes: -ɛpt
Adjective
[edit]inept (comparative more inept, superlative most inept)
- Not able to do something; not proficient; displaying incompetence.
- As a waiter, he was inept, so they put him in the kitchen.
- Unfit; unsuitable.
Antonyms
[edit]Derived terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]not able to do something
unfit, unsuitable
Anagrams
[edit]Romanian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from French inepte, from Latin ineptus.
Adjective
[edit]inept m or n (feminine singular ineptă, masculine plural inepți, feminine and neuter plural inepte)
Declension
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