Antonyms for inept
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : in-ept, ih-nept |
| Phonetic Transcription : ɪnˈɛpt, ɪˈnɛpt |
Definition of inept
Origin :- c.1600, from Old French inepte (14c.) or directly from Latin ineptus "unsuitable, improper, absurd, awkward, silly, tactless," from in- "not, opposite of" (see in- (1)) + aptus "apt" (see apt). Related: Ineptly; ineptness.
- adj clumsy, unskilled; incompetent
- adj not suitable; improper
- He is untrained, inept, but he will fill the place and draw the pay.
- Extract from : « American Notes » by Rudyard Kipling
- And I've got another, too—'inept'—and that's what you are now, Patricia Kendall.
- Extract from : « Miss Pat at School » by Pemberton Ginther
- The visitors made a game of being awkward and inept, together.
- Extract from : « The Planet Strappers » by Raymond Zinke Gallun
- Those worthies must have had some motive, deeper than their avowed designs, for entrusting their defence to such 'inept hands.'
- Extract from : « Secret History of the Court of England, from the Accession of George the Third to the Death of George the Fourth, Volume II (of 2) » by Lady Anne Hamilton
- The tradition is inept as it stands, but it has a basis of truth.
- Extract from : « The New Gulliver and Other Stories » by Barry Pain
- He is an inept critic who thrives by attaching his name to great reputations.
- Extract from : « The Critical Game » by John Albert Macy
- In Aristophanes, inept and inexperienced men are called kokkges.
- Extract from : « Zoological Mythology (Volume II) » by Angelo de Gubernatis
- His periods, more than once, have an inept and foreign smack.
- Extract from : « A Book of Prefaces » by H. L. Mencken
- The four-fingered hand is proved in this instance to have been useless and inept.
- Extract from : « Here and Hereafter » by Barry Pain
- Let him be content with one ideal rather than with the inept multitude.
- Extract from : « The Heroic Enthusiast, Part II (Gli Eroici Furori) » by Giordano Bruno
Synonyms for inept
- absurd
- all thumbs
- artless
- awkward
- bumbling
- bungling
- butterfingers
- gauche
- halting
- ill-timed
- inadept
- inappropriate
- inapt
- incapable
- incompetent
- inefficient
- inexpert
- infelicitous
- loser
- maladroit
- malapropos
- meaningless
- not adapted
- out of place
- pointless
- ridiculous
- unapt
- undexterous
- undue
- unfacile
- unfit
- ungraceful
- unhandy
- unproficient
- unseasonable
- unseemly
- unskillful
- unsuitable
- wooden
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