| ADJECTIVE | all | inept, awkward, clumsy, cumbersome, inapt, ill-chosen | not elegant or graceful in expression |
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| all | inept, feckless | generally incompetent and ineffectual | |
| all | inept, tactless | revealing lack of perceptiveness or judgment or finesse |
| Sounds | ihneh'pt | |
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| Rhymes | accept ... windswept: 12 rhymes with ehpt... | |
| Meaning | not elegant or graceful in expression. | |
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| Example | "if the rumor is true, can anything be more inept than to repeat it now?" | |
| Synonyms | awkward, clumsy, cumbersome, inapt, ill-chosen | |
| Broader | infelicitous | not appropriate in application |
| Spanish | impropio, inapropiado, inepto | |
| Nouns | ineptness | unskillfulness resulting from a lack of training |
| Adverbs | ineptly | in an infelicitous manner |
| Meaning | generally incompetent and ineffectual. | |
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| Example | "inept handling of the account" | |
| Synonym | feckless | |
| Broader | incompetent | not qualified or suited for a purpose |
| Spanish | incapaz, ineficaz, inepto, inútil, vano | |
| Catalan | incapaç, ineficaç, inepte, inútil, va | |
| Nouns | ineptness | the quality of having the wrong properties for a specific purpose |
| Adverbs | ineptly | with ineptitude |
| Meaning | Revealing lack of perceptiveness or judgment or finesse. | |
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| Example | "an inept remark" | |
| Synonym | tactless | |
| Broader | maladroit | not adroit |
| Nouns | ineptness | the quality of having the wrong properties for a specific purpose |
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