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inept

[in-ept, ih-nept]

adjective

  1. without skill or aptitude for a particular task or assignment; maladroit.

    He is inept at mechanical tasks. She is inept at dealing with people.

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  2. generally awkward or clumsy; haplessly incompetent.

  3. inappropriate; unsuitable; out of place.

  4. absurd or foolish.

    an inept remark.

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inept

/ ɪˈɛ /

adjective

  1. awkward, clumsy, or incompetent

  2. not suitable, appropriate, or fitting; out of place

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other 51Թ Forms

  • ineptly adverb
  • ineptness noun
  • ineptitude noun
  • ˈٱ adverb
  • ˈپˌٳܻ noun
  • ˈٲԱ noun
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of inept1

First recorded in 1595–1605; from Latin ineptus, equivalent to in- in- 3 + -eptus, combining form of aptus apt
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of inept1

C17: from Latin ineptus, from in- 1 + aptus fitting, suitable
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“I think there’s probably a bunch of episodes this season that are going to be people’s favorite episodes that they have ever seen,” says Povenmire, who also voices the show’s inept nemesis Dr. Heinz Doofenshmirtz.

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Some believe that it was intrinsically inept to target a benefit paid to pensioners.

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However Britain’s drama unfolds from here, a larger, darker pattern is at work for which Starmer and the Labour Party, inept and underpowered as they may be, are not responsible.

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He also offered more of the condescension toward his colleagues that defined the video — at one point referring to them as his “amateur gunsmithing colleagues” and blasting their decision as inept.

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"He is a local, unknown Judge, a Grandstander, looking for publicity, and it cannot be for any other reason, because his 'Rulings' are so ridiculous, and inept," he posted on Truth Social.

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