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. Kayla Dunn:

   For me as a woman of color, what CRT means to me is I’m inferior, that I’m academically inept, that I’m incapable of speaking for myself, and that when someone sees me they automatically see my skin color.

2. Carly Fiorina:

   Our government has become one giant, bloated, inept, corrupt bureaucracy and only someone who understands a bureaucracy -- and I do -- can cut it down to size.

3. Luca Guadagnino:

   The idea of four people in a house dealing with each other is potentially inept unless the absorbed force of their own desires is questioned by a clash with reality, pantelleria as a sort of border place is really demanding to be understood by these characters and is asking them to pose themselves these ethical questions.

4. Bryan Adamson:

   You have a leader who is thoroughly incompetent and inept in this moment, he has managed to fan the flames of racism.

5. Carlos Rotondaro:

   I'm not a traitor, I'm loyal to fatherland, my oath (of military service) did not include defending a corrupt and inept government.