inept
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
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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 edit
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