Synonyms for inept
ɪnˈɛpt, ɪˈnɛptin·ept

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1. ineptadjective

   Antonyms:
   skillful, adept

2. ineptadjective

   Antonyms:
   adept, skillful

3. ineptadjective

   Antonyms:
   adept, skillful

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1. awkward, clumsy, cumbersome, inapt, inept, ill-chosenadjective

   not elegant or graceful in expression

   "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?"

   Synonyms:
   cumbrous, unenviable, feckless, ungainly, ill-chosen, tactless, fumbling, clumsy, inapt, gawky, awkward, bunglesome, cumbersome, bungling, incompetent, unwieldy, embarrassing, clunky, ill at ease(p), uneasy, sticky

   Antonyms:
   felicitous, competent, adroit

2. feckless, ineptadjective

   generally incompetent and ineffectual

   "feckless attempts to repair the plumbing"; "inept handling of the account"

   Synonyms:
   tactless, feckless, ill-chosen, inapt, cumbersome, awkward, clumsy

   Antonyms:
   competent, felicitous, adroit

3. inept, tactlessadjective

   revealing lack of perceptiveness or judgment or finesse

   "an inept remark"; "it was tactless to bring up those disagreeable"

   Synonyms:
   tactless, feckless, ill-chosen, inapt, cumbersome, awkward, clumsy, untactful

   Antonyms:
   felicitous, adroit, competent

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1. ineptadjective

   Synonyms:
   improper, unfit, unsuitable, inappropriate, inapposite, unapt, useless, worthless, void, null

2. ineptadjective

   Synonyms:
   foolish, silly, nonsensical, senseless, stupid

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1. List of paraphrases for "inept":

   incompetent, clumsy

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1. Louisiana Sen. John Kennedy:

   The diiference between men and dogs is dogs don't allow the dumbest and most inept members to become leaders of the pack.

2. Ashok Gulati:

   Every year, a large amount of funds allocated for irrigation lie unutilized and that's because of lethargy, red tape, inept administration and a lack of political will.

3. Jon Ralston:

   It's a goofy Republican caucus on a Tuesday night, with different start times for voting in different counties and an inept state party, people might say :' Yeah, I'm going to go caucus'... but who knows, right ?

4. Jason Chaffetz:

   Fox News is disgusting for her to downplay Fox News, and I think the American people knew Fox News. She did nothing about Fox News at the time, and this tragedy was entirely preventable, except her State Department was inept in protecting Americans in Benghazi, i ’m sure she ca n’t even look in the mirror and face the fact that, on her watch, they lost four Americans, and it’s disgusting she ca n’t live up to it, even today.

5. Joseph Brucia:

   I feel wonderful, it’s long overdue. The inept and corrupt criminal justice system could not get it done, so the natural order of things finally took care of it.