inept

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French inepte, from Latin ineptus, from in- + aptus (whence English apt).

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /ɪnˈɛpt/

  • Audio (Southern England)

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  Rhymes: -ɛpt

Adjective

inept (comparative more inept, superlative most inept)

1. Not able to do something; not proficient; displaying incompetence.
   • As a waiter, he was inept, so they put him in the kitchen.
2. Unfit; unsuitable.

Antonyms

• adept
• skillful

Derived terms

• ept
• ineptitude
• ineptly

Related terms

• apt
• aptitude

Translations

not able to do something

• Bulgarian: неумел (bg) (neumel), некадърен (bg) (nekadǎren)
• Catalan: inepte
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 無能嘅／无能嘅 (mou⁴ nang⁴ ke³), 笨拙嘅 (ban⁶ zyut³ ge³)

  Mandarin: 無能的／无能的 (wúnéng de), 笨拙的 (bènzhuō de)

• Czech: neschopný (cs) m
• Dutch: ongeschikt (nl), onbekwaam (nl)
• Finnish: avuton (fi), taitamaton (fi), kyvytön (fi), osaamaton (fi)
• French: inepte (fr)
• German: unfähig (de)
• Greek: ανίκανος (el) (aníkanos), άχρηστος (el) (áchristos)
• Hindi: कुकृय m (kukŕy)
• Ido: nekapabla (io)
• Italian: inetto (it)
• Japanese: 無能な (ja) (munō na), 苦手な (ja) (nigate na), 弱い (ja) (yowai)
• Maori: koretake, hakorea, pakihawa, rapa
• Norwegian: talentløs, tåpelig (no), udugelig (no), uskikket
• Plautdietsch: onjeschekjt
• Polish: neptek (pl) m, nieudolny (pl), niezaradny (pl)
• Portuguese: inapto (pt), incapaz (pt), incompetente (pt)
• Romanian: incompetent (ro), incapabil (ro)
• Russian: неуме́лый (ru) (neumélyj), неспосо́бный (ru) (nesposóbnyj)
• Scottish Gaelic: baoth
• Spanish: inepto (es), incapaz (es)
• Turkish: beceriksiz (tr), yeteneksiz (tr)
• Ukrainian: невмі́лий (nevmílyj)
• Yoruba: ope

unfit, unsuitable

• Bulgarian: неподходящ (bg) (nepodhodjašt), неуместен (bg) (neumesten)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 唔適當嘅／唔适当嘅 (m⁴ sik¹ dong³ ge³)

  Mandarin: 不適當的／不适当的 (bùshìdàng de)

• Czech: nevhodný (cs) m
• German: ungeeignet (de), untauglich (de)
• Russian: него́дный (ru) (negódnyj)

Anagrams

• nepit

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French inepte, from Latin ineptus.

Adjective

inept m or n (feminine singular ineptă, masculine plural inepți, feminine and neuter plural inepte)

1. inept

Declension

Declension of inept

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative/ accusative	indefinite	inept		ineptă	inepți	inepte
	definite	ineptul		inepta	inepții	ineptele
genitive/ dative	indefinite	inept		inepte	inepți	inepte
	definite	ineptului		ineptei	inepților	ineptelor