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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How to use inept in a sentence?

1. Jenny Palmiotto:

   I immediately said yes, it must be so different to live in a world where people assume that … you are inept or incapable of having a relationship, or maybe even don’t want one. That’s really contrary to my clinical practice and even all of the available relational research to date.

2. 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.

3. Soli Ozel:

   They were so inept as a collective after June 7, this opposition will not be able to pull itself together for a long time.

4. 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.

5. Larry Levesque:

   In our quest to become more social, and intelligent, Are we, human kind becoming socially inept due to our own technology. Is our technology making the world smaller? … or driving us from social interaction?”