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Inept   /ɪnˈɛpt/   Listen
Inept

adjective
1.
Not elegant or graceful in expression.  Synonyms: awkward, clumsy, cumbersome, ill-chosen, inapt.  "A clumsy apology" , "His cumbersome writing style" , "If the rumor is true, can anything be more inept than to repeat it now?"
2.
Generally incompetent and ineffectual.  Synonym: feckless.  "Inept handling of the account"
3.
Revealing lack of perceptiveness or judgment or finesse.  Synonym: tactless.  "It was tactless to bring up those disagreeable"



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Words linked to "Inept" :   incompetent, infelicitous, maladroit



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