Synonyms for inept
ɪnˈɛpt, ɪˈnɛptin·ept

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1. ineptadjective

   Antonyms:
   skillful, adept

2. ineptadjective

   Antonyms:
   adept, skillful

3. ineptadjective

   Antonyms:
   adept, skillful

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1. awkward, clumsy, cumbersome, inapt, inept, ill-chosenadjective

   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?"

   Synonyms:
   cumbrous, unenviable, feckless, ungainly, ill-chosen, tactless, fumbling, clumsy, inapt, gawky, awkward, bunglesome, cumbersome, bungling, incompetent, unwieldy, embarrassing, clunky, ill at ease(p), uneasy, sticky

   Antonyms:
   felicitous, competent, adroit

2. feckless, ineptadjective

   generally incompetent and ineffectual

   "feckless attempts to repair the plumbing"; "inept handling of the account"

   Synonyms:
   tactless, feckless, ill-chosen, inapt, cumbersome, awkward, clumsy

   Antonyms:
   competent, felicitous, adroit

3. inept, tactlessadjective

   revealing lack of perceptiveness or judgment or finesse

   "an inept remark"; "it was tactless to bring up those disagreeable"

   Synonyms:
   tactless, feckless, ill-chosen, inapt, cumbersome, awkward, clumsy, untactful

   Antonyms:
   felicitous, adroit, competent

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1. ineptadjective

   Synonyms:
   improper, unfit, unsuitable, inappropriate, inapposite, unapt, useless, worthless, void, null

2. ineptadjective

   Synonyms:
   foolish, silly, nonsensical, senseless, stupid

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1. List of paraphrases for "inept":

   incompetent, clumsy

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1. District Judge Royce Lamberth:

   It is more than just inept and bureaucratic shuffling of papers, i find that the civil rights of Christopher Worrell have been abridged. I don't know if this is because Christopher Worrell is Christopher Worrell or not.

2. Soli Ozel:

   They were so inept as a collective after June 7, this opposition will not be able to pull itself together for a long time.

3. John McCain:

   It does reveal an underlying view of these things that is really harmful and ... that is damaging, john Kerry has probably been the most inept secretary of state, certainly in my lifetime.

4. Jason Chaffetz:

   Fox News is disgusting for her to downplay Fox News, and I think the American people knew Fox News. She did nothing about Fox News at the time, and this tragedy was entirely preventable, except her State Department was inept in protecting Americans in Benghazi, i ’m sure she ca n’t even look in the mirror and face the fact that, on her watch, they lost four Americans, and it’s disgusting she ca n’t live up to it, even today.

5. Kayla Dunn:

   For me as a woman of color, what CRT means to me is I’m inferior, that I’m academically inept, that I’m incapable of speaking for myself, and that when someone sees me they automatically see my skin color.