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How to pronounce inept in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms tactless
Derivation ineptness


an inept remark.
Type Words
Synonyms feckless
Derivation ineptness


inept handling of the account.
Type Words
Synonyms awkward, clumsy, cumbersome, ill-chosen, inapt
Derivation ineptness


if the rumor is true, can anything be more inept than to repeat it now?.

Examples of inept

inept
It's a bit sad for so much thought being put into giving inept clubs a handicap.
From the sportsillustrated.cnn.com
Over the last five quarters, the offense looks as inept as it did early in 2010.
From the suntimes.com
Only the most inept would not have known that Osama was hiding in the Army town.
From the economist.com
A French poodle must save the day when inept thieves strike during the holidays.
From the post-gazette.com
They worry, too, that their political leadership remains deeply venal and inept.
From the time.com
To hand such an expansive policy to such an inept government is a fool's errand.
From the economist.com
Useless, biased and totally inept pretty much sums up this pointless department.
From the guardian.co.uk
It was an hilariously inept challenge from Ciss, who went right through Bellamy.
From the guardian.co.uk
The Jaguars have been inept most of the season with Blaine Gabbert under center.
From the suntimes.com
More examples
  • Awkward: 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?"
  • Feckless: generally incompetent and ineffectual; "feckless attempts to repair the plumbing"; "inept handling of the account"
  • Revealing lack of perceptiveness or judgment or finesse; "an inept remark"; "it was tactless to bring up those disagreeable"
  • (ineptness) awkwardness: unskillfulness resulting from a lack of training
  • (ineptness) unsuitability: the quality of having the wrong properties for a specific purpose
  • Insensitive Nuclei Enhanced by Polarization Transfer (INEPT) is a signal enhancement method used in NMR spectroscopy which involves the transfer of nuclear spin polarization from spins with large Boltzmann population differences to nuclear spins of interest with low Boltzmann population ...
  • (Ineptness) A social skill is any skill facilitating interaction and communication with others. Social rules and relations are created, communicated, and changed in verbal and nonverbal ways. The process of learning such skills is called socialization. ...
  • Not able to do something; not proficient; displaying incompetence; Unfit; unsuitable
  • (ineptness) The quality or degree of being inept