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| 1. | [ adjective ] generally incompetent and ineffectual | |
| Synonyms: | feckless | |
| Examples: | "feckless attempts to repair the plumbing" "inept handling of the account" |
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| Related terms: | incompetent | |
| 2. | [ adjective ] not elegant or graceful in expression | |
| Synonyms: | clumsy inapt cumbersome ill-chosen awkward | |
| Examples: | "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?" |
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| Related terms: | infelicitous | |
| 3. | [ adjective ] not elegant or graceful in expression | |
| Synonyms: | clumsy ill-chosen cumbersome inapt awkward | |
| Examples: | "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?" |
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| Related terms: | infelicitous | |
| 4. | [ adjective ] revealing lack of perceptiveness or judgment or finesse | |
| Synonyms: | tactless | |
| Examples: | "an inept remark" "it was tactless to bring up those disagreeable" |
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| Related terms: | maladroit | |
| Similar spelling: |
ineptly input inapt invite invitee invited invade |
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