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Pronunciation:
[ ɪnˈɛpt], [ ɪnˈɛpt], [ ɪ_n_ˈɛ_p_t]
Related words: ineptness, incompetence, inaptitude, inept people, who is inept, what makes a person inept
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Similar words for inept:
- accident-prone (adjective)
- amateurish (adjective)
- awkward (adjective)
- clumsy (adjective)
- clumsy, unskilled; incompetent (adjective)
- flimsy (adjective)
- gauche (adjective)
- graceless (adjective)
- halting (adjective)
- heavy-handed (adjective)
- ill-chosen (adjective)
- ill-considered (adjective)
- ill-timed (adjective)
- impotent (adjective)
- inadmissible (adjective)
- inappropriate (adjective)
- inapt (adjective)
- incapable (adjective)
- incompetent (adjective)
- ineffective (adjective)
- ineffective/ineffectual (adjective)
- inefficacious (adjective)
- inefficient (adjective)
- inexpedient (adjective)
- inexperienced (adjective)
- infelicitous (adjective)
- inutile (adjective)
- labored (adjective)
- lumbering (adjective)
- not suitable; improper (adjective)
- oafish (adjective)
- other relevant words (adjective)
- tactless (adjective)
- thoughtless (adjective)
- unable (adjective)
- unapt (adjective)
- unbecoming (adjective)
- unbefitting (adjective)
- undue (adjective)
- unfit (adjective)
- unpolitic (adjective)
- unpracticed (adjective)
- unseemly (adjective)
- unskilled (adjective)
- unskillful (adjective)
- untactful (adjective)
- unusable (adjective)
- unworkmanlike (adjective)
- useless (adjective)
- weak (adjective)
- wooden (adjective)
- cumbersome (noun)
- feckless (noun)
- other relevant words (noun)
- other synonyms
- incompetent
- other relevant words (noun)
Synonyms for Inept:
adj.
• accident-prone (adjective) • amateurish (adjective) • awkward (adjective)- unhandiest,
- un-coordinated,
- un gainly,
- most blundering,
- un gainliest,
- more stumbling,
- more blundering,
- more butterfingers,
- un-gainly,
- stumbling,
- green,
- unhandier,
- un handiest,
- un-couth,
- un-handiest,
- un-gainlier,
- un-handy,
- most butterfingers,
- un-gainliest,
- un couth,
- un handy,
- un-polished,
- un handier,
- un-graceful,
- un-refined,
- un gainlier,
- most stumbling,
- un polished,
- un refined,
- un graceful,
- un coordinated,
- more floundering,
- un-handier,
- most floundering.
- in elegant,
- uneasy,
- more untalented,
- splayer,
- most ham handed,
- in-elegant,
- un-wieldier,
- more lubberly,
- more blunderous,
- most untalented,
- more undexterous,
- most butterfingered,
- un easier,
- un adept,
- un-talented,
- ill shaped,
- un talented,
- un-easiest,
- most ill shaped,
- more unadept,
- ham-handed,
- illshaped,
- splayest,
- most ham-handed,
- more ham-handed,
- un wieldy,
- un wieldiest,
- un dexterous,
- un-adept,
- un-dexterous,
- most unadept,
- un easy,
- most blunderous,
- most ill-shaped,
- more gawkish,
- un easiest,
- most undexterous,
- un-wieldiest,
- hamhanded,
- most lubberly,
- most illshaped,
- un-easy,
- most clownish,
- more ill shaped,
- un-wieldy,
- more hamhanded,
- most gawkish,
- more clownish,
- ponderous,
- more ill-shaped,
- more illshaped,
- un wieldier,
- more butterfingered,
- most hamhanded,
- more ham handed,
- ham handed,
- un-easier.
- un-reasonable,
- in-adequate,
- lamest,
- most unpersuasive,
- trans parent,
- trans-parent,
- in credible,
- more unpersuasive,
- more controvertible,
- un-persuasive,
- un satisfactory,
- un-grounded,
- trifling,
- most ungrounded,
- un reasonable,
- un persuasive,
- in-conceivable,
- in-credible,
- trivial,
- un substantial,
- un-substantial,
- illogical,
- un believable,
- un-believable,
- un grounded,
- in adequate,
- in conceivable,
- un-satisfactory,
- more ungrounded,
- most controvertible.
- un-cultured,
- more illbred,
- in-sensitive,
- un happiest,
- illbred,
- most illbred,
- ill mannered,
- illmannered,
- ill bred,
- more ill-bred,
- most ill-bred,
- un-happy,
- most ill bred,
- un happier,
- more ill bred,
- in sensitive,
- un cultured,
- ill-bred,
- un happy.
- un mannered,
- un fortunate,
- in-decorous,
- in decorous,
- clunkiest,
- un-fortunate,
- un-mannered,
- clunkier.
- most stammering,
- in-decisive,
- most stuttering,
- more limping,
- more claudicant,
- more stammering,
- most limping,
- Vacillatory,
- most faltering,
- more faltering,
- in decisive,
- most claudicant,
- more stuttering.
- un-timeliest,
- un timeliest,
- un-welcome,
- un-timelier,
- in-opportune,
- un timelier,
- un-favorable,
- un-suitable,
- mis-timed,
- un welcome,
- in-convenient,
- unsuitable,
- un seasonable,
- unwelcome,
- inconvenient,
- un timely,
- in opportune,
- in convenient,
- ill-timed,
- mis timed,
- un favorable,
- un-seasonable,
- more mistimed,
- un-timely,
- most mistimed,
- un suitable,
- illtimed.
- un-suited,
- un-wanted,
- un qualified,
- in admissible,
- in-admissible,
- un acceptable,
- most unallowable,
- un-qualified,
- un allowable,
- un-desirable,
- un-acceptable,
- irrelevant,
- un desirable,
- illfavored,
- objectionable,
- more unallowable,
- un-allowable,
- un suited,
- un wanted,
- ill favored.
- wrong number,
- way off,
- unfitting,
- ill-fitted,
- out of line,
- wrong-number,
- left-field,
- inapropos,
- Inconsonant,
- left field,
- leftfield,
- Unmeet,
- out of place,
- foot-in-mouth.
- un proficient,
- most ill-adapted,
- most inadept,
- most ill adapted,
- more ill-adapted,
- most illadapted,
- in-adept,
- most unfacile,
- un-facile,
- in-aptest,
- more inadept,
- more unfacile,
- in apposite,
- un facile,
- more unproficient,
- in-apter,
- in apter,
- illadapted,
- more ill adapted,
- most inapposite,
- in-apposite,
- ill adapted,
- more inapposite,
- un-proficient,
- in aptest,
- most unproficient,
- in adept,
- more illadapted.
- un equipped,
- in proficient,
- most unequipped,
- un-cool,
- most inproficient,
- most disqualified,
- dis qualified,
- un cool,
- most uncool,
- more disqualified,
- more inproficient,
- in-capable,
- more uncool,
- in sufficient,
- not to,
- dis-qualified,
- un-equipped,
- more unequipped,
- insufficient,
- in-eligible,
- in-sufficient,
- in eligible,
- in-proficient,
- in capable,
- losing.
- un-fitted,
- most amateur,
- un-initiated,
- un adapted,
- most unadapted,
- more unadapted,
- in-competent,
- more amateur,
- un fitted,
- most unfitted,
- un initiated,
- un-adapted,
- in competent,
- more unfitted,
- out lunch.
- slack-spined,
- more emasculate,
- slackspined,
- more slackspined,
- more slack spined,
- most emasculate,
- slack spined,
- in effective,
- most slackspined,
- more slack-spined,
- in-effective,
- most slack-spined,
- most slack spined.
- un-availing,
- in nocuous,
- anti-climactic,
- more defeasible,
- more ineffective,
- more invertebrate,
- in effectual,
- in-operative,
- in-effectual,
- un successful,
- most neutralized,
- un profitable,
- null and void,
- more anticlimactic,
- most invertebrate,
- most defeasible,
- in operative,
- in vertebrate,
- anti climactic,
- null void,
- un-successful,
- invertebrate,
- more neutralized,
- un availing,
- most anticlimactic,
- de feasible,
- de-feasible,
- un-profitable,
- in-nocuous,
- in-vertebrate.
- un prepared,
- dis organized,
- un-prepared,
- halfbaked,
- dis-organized,
- improficient,
- most improficient,
- slovenly,
- more improficient,
- half baked,
- cant hack it,
- in-efficient,
- in efficient.
- un-worldly,
- in-nocent,
- un acquainted,
- most unfledged,
- most unconversant,
- un-trieder,
- un worldlier,
- un-disciplined,
- un-schooled,
- un triedest,
- most rookie,
- most tenderfoot,
- most prentice,
- un-triedest,
- un disciplined,
- un trieder,
- un accustomed,
- in-experienced,
- more rookie,
- un-fledged,
- un sophisticated,
- un-versed,
- untried,
- more unfledged,
- un tried,
- un-conversant,
- un-acquainted,
- kiddest,
- un fledged,
- un-used,
- more tenderfoot,
- more prentice,
- un seasoned,
- un versed,
- un-tried,
- un conversant,
- un-worldlier,
- more unconversant,
- Sophomoric,
- in nocent,
- un worldliest,
- un worldly,
- in experienced,
- un schooled,
- un-worldliest,
- un-accustomed,
- un-seasoned.
- uninitiate,
- unadept,
- unfitted,
- ill-chosen,
- not have it,
- can't make the grade,
- having two left hands,
- can't hack it,
- at odds,
- in poor taste,
- Unpolitic,
- lubberly,
- bungling,
- Unconversant,
- labored,
- inproficient,
- undignified,
- undiplomatic,
- unskillful,
- unwise,
- Controvertible,
- not up to,
- unadapted,
- anticlimactic,
- flimsy,
- shooting blanks,
- prentice,
- splay,
- inefficacious,
- heavy-handed,
- can't cut it,
- clownish,
- wet behind ears,
- unequipped,
- Butter-fingered,
- Out of keeping,
- uncool,
- infelicitous,
- gawkish,
- halting,
- maladroit,
- ill-adapted,
- unbecoming,
- lumbering,
- over-wrought,
- inapt,
- undexterous,
- Unhandy,
- Unhandsome,
- not able,
- Unconsiderate,
- useless,
- sidelined,
- unpersuasive,
- not equal to,
- inadept,
- unseemly,
- unallowable,
- inadmissible,
- no go,
- having two left feet,
- tactless,
- thoughtless,
- no good,
- off-base,
- blunderous,
- badly timed,
- spring chicken,
- unfit,
- untalented,
- klutzy,
- unable,
- unfacile,
- butterfingered,
- inappropriate,
- ill-equipped,
- out-of-place,
- graceless,
- Claudicant,
- inapposite,
- not cut out for,
- wooden,
- defeasible,
- unfledged,
- unproficient,
- inexperienced,
- clumsy,
- not effective,
- ill-shaped,
- incompetent,
- undue,
- weak,
- ungrounded,
- ill timed,
- Kidder,
- awkward,
- mistimed,
- gauche,
- unworkmanlike,
- clunky,
- untactful,
- unfamiliar with,
- no way,
- amateurish.
- un-subtler,
- un subtlest,
- most unconsiderate,
- in-discreet,
- most misunderstanding,
- in-delicate,
- in delicate,
- in discreet,
- un sympathetic,
- dis-courteous,
- dis courteous,
- un-subtle,
- un feeling,
- un perceptive,
- un-kind,
- un subtle,
- un-kinder,
- in-judicious,
- un subtler,
- more misunderstanding,
- un kind,
- un-kindest,
- un considerate,
- un-civil,
- un-perceptive,
- more unconsiderate,
- mis-understanding,
- un kinder,
- un kindest,
- un civil,
- un-subtlest,
- in judicious,
- un-considerate,
- mis understanding.
- un-abler,
- un-ablest,
- most hogtied,
- more hog tied,
- more hog-tied,
- more sidelined,
- more impuissant,
- un ablest,
- most hog tied,
- un abler,
- no can do,
- can't make grade,
- most hog-tied,
- cant make grade,
- cant cut it,
- more hogtied,
- out commission,
- most impuissant,
- most sidelined,
- cant make the grade.
- un aptest,
- more off base,
- offbase,
- un-apter,
- most out-of-place,
- most out of season,
- in expedient,
- un apter,
- most out-of-season,
- more out-of-season,
- most off base,
- more offbase,
- most off-base,
- more off-base,
- out-of-season,
- in harmonious,
- un-aptest,
- most out of place,
- out of season,
- more out of place,
- more out-of-place,
- in-harmonious,
- more out of season,
- in-expedient,
- in accurate.
- un-worthier,
- un becoming,
- un-godliest,
- un sightlier,
- un godlier,
- un-comely,
- in-decent,
- un worthy,
- un fairest,
- un-sightly,
- un lovely,
- un-godly,
- un-worthiest,
- un fair,
- un-fairest,
- unhandsomest,
- un-flattering,
- un sightliest,
- un-handsomest,
- un godly,
- un-loveliest,
- un-lovely,
- un-fairer,
- un flattering,
- un-attractive,
- un-fair,
- un worthier,
- dis creditable,
- un-handsome,
- un-becoming,
- un fairer,
- dis-creditable,
- un handsome,
- un handsomest,
- un-lovelier,
- un loveliest,
- un worthiest,
- un-sightlier,
- un lovelier,
- un-sightliest,
- in decent,
- un sightly,
- un handsomer,
- unhandsomer,
- un-godlier,
- un attractive,
- un-handsomer,
- un comely,
- un godliest.
- un fit,
- more ill equipped,
- un-fit,
- most butter-fingered,
- more ill-equipped,
- more butter fingered,
- ill equipped,
- illequipped,
- most ill equipped,
- more illequipped,
- most ill-equipped,
- most illequipped,
- butter fingered,
- more butter-fingered,
- most butter fingered.
- un-seemliest,
- most undignified,
- un-seemly,
- un seemliest,
- out keeping,
- more undignified,
- dis-reputable,
- more ruffian,
- un seemly,
- un dignified,
- un-dignified,
- un-seemlier,
- dis reputable,
- most ruffian,
- un seemlier.
n.
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•
- helpless,
- no-good,
- amateur,
- poor,
- someone couldn't do something if they tried,
- awful.
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•
- agree,
- usual,
- incongruous,
- Unapt.
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•
- ability,
- unfortunate,
- good,
- unhappy.
Other synonyms:
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- improper,
- malapropos,
- lumpish,
- rusty,
- ragged,
- hopeless,
- unskilled,
- impractical,
- artistic.
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- unequal.
-
•
- badly.
-
•
- bad.
- featherheaded,
- Undextrous,
- headless,
- fond,
- half-witted,
- dispensable,
- meek,
- uncomely,
- brusque,
- timorous,
- fuddled,
- inoperative,
- witless,
- ham-fisted,
- foolheaded,
- Floundering,
- foolish,
- moronic,
- callow,
- nonsensical,
- fumbling,
- bovine,
- crippled,
- disqualified,
- oafish,
- incapable of,
- fool,
- sentimental,
- unskilful,
- unenviable,
- Fumbled,
- mindless,
- futile,
- chicken,
- loutish,
- blunt,
- sticky,
- powerless,
- loony,
- dumb,
- screwball,
- unproductive,
- uncouth,
- infatuated,
- reasonless,
- out of time,
- Blundering,
- dippy,
- out of proportion,
- impertinent,
- gruff,
- injudicious,
- ill-matched,
- retiring,
- coarse,
- boorish,
- handless,
- dizzy,
- ill-advised,
- uncivilized,
- laboured,
- out of character,
- insensitive,
- pusillanimous,
- maudlin,
- bunglesome,
- namby-pamby,
- impolitic,
- half-baked,
- crackpot,
- preposterous,
- Lean-witted,
- untrained,
- unsuited,
- tomfool,
- inattentive,
- indiscreet,
- Gulled,
- worthless,
- ungainly,
- inconsiderate,
- misplaced,
- Ungifted,
- brainless,
- discourteous,
- primitive,
- Impuissant,
- insane,
- mediocre,
- use,
- silly,
- disabled,
- unladylike,
- Inservient,
- impolite,
- bluff,
- dull,
- immature,
- ill-suited,
- daft,
- unadvised,
- gaga,
- uncivil,
- wishy-washy,
- unqualified,
- wasted,
- idiotic,
- beguiled,
- uninitiated,
- inadvised,
- superfluous,
- unintelligent,
- unpractised,
- of no avail,
- unthinking,
- unsophisticated,
- inutile,
- Befooled,
- Chuckleheaded,
- gawky,
- batty,
- mismated,
- insensate,
- flaky,
- senseless,
- unwieldy,
- deficient,
- fatuous,
- mad,
- crazy,
- sappy,
- ill-sorted,
- goofy,
- unadvisable,
- accident-prone,
- wrong,
- pedestrian,
- talentless,
- abortive,
- unassertive,
- jerky,
- inane,
- simpleminded,
- unprofessional,
- Ox-like,
- armless,
- ignorant,
- cack-handed,
- ungentlemanly,
- zany,
- amiss,
- Fatuitous,
- spineless,
- out of joint,
- rough,
- stupid,
- uncoordinated,
- failure,
- half-assed,
- Daffy,
- lunkheaded,
- asinine,
- imprudent,
- indecorous,
- yellow,
- Chicken-hearted,
- lily-livered,
- rude,
- besotted,
- doting,
- inopportune,
- dazed,
- buffoonish,
- unreasoning,
- bootless,
- imbecile,
- anomalous,
- mismatched,
- cowardly,
- disrespectful,
- abrupt,
- screwy,
- unusable,
- wacky,
- unavailing,
- untoward,
- timid,
- wet,
- cloddish,
- maladjusted,
- apish,
- inapplicable,
- irresolute,
- cumbrous,
- unendowed,
- inferior,
- left-handed,
- misguided,
- incorrect,
- pinheaded,
- inadvisable,
- credulous,
- bubbleheaded,
- craven,
- not bright,
- dotty,
- ineligible,
- unintellectual,
- kooky,
- inelegant,
- uncongenial,
- redundant,
- nutty,
- ill-judged,
- cockeyed,
- unprofitable,
- stale,
- embarrassing,
- Weak-minded.
Paraphrases for Inept:
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Equivalence
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Adjective
incompetent.
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Adjective
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Independent
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Adjective
awkward, inappropriate, ineffective, misguided, unable, unsuitable.
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Adjective
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Other Related
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Adjective
clumsy, inadequate, incapable, ineffectual, inefficient, unfit.
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