Dictionary Entry
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
- 1adjective
Not apt or fit; unfit; unsuitable; improper; unbecoming.
- 2adjective
Silly; useless; nonsensical; absurd; foolish.
- 3adjective
revealing lack of perceptiveness or judgment or finesse
"an inept remark"
"it was tactless to bring up those disagreeable"
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- 4adjective
generally incompetent and ineffectual
"feckless attempts to repair the plumbing"
"inept handling of the account"
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- 5adjective
not elegant or graceful in expression
"an awkward prose style"
"a clumsy apology"
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