inept

inept is a 5-letter English word with 5 senses as adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Not apt or fit; unfit; unsuitable; improper; unbecoming. Face value is 7 in Scrabble and 9 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

5 letters · Scrabble 7 · Words With Friends 9 · 5 senses

Definitions

1. adjective. Not apt or fit; unfit; unsuitable; improper; unbecoming.
2. adjective. Silly; useless; nonsensical; absurd; foolish.
3. adjective. revealing lack of perceptiveness or judgment or finesse

   "an inept remark"

   "it was tactless to bring up those disagreeable"

   Synonyms: tactless

4. adjective. generally incompetent and ineffectual

   "feckless attempts to repair the plumbing"

   "inept handling of the account"

   Synonyms: feckless

5. adjective. not elegant or graceful in expression

   "an awkward prose style"

   "a clumsy apology"

   Synonyms: awkward, clumsy, cumbersome, inapt

Synonyms

tactless, feckless, awkward, clumsy, cumbersome, inapt

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in inept:

nepit, pinte

Common word forms

inepter, ineptly, ineptest, ineptness

Words from these letters

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