inept
adjective
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- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 adjective
not elegant or graceful in expression
an awkward prose style
Related & opposite
- inaptness derivation
- gracelessness derivation
- awkwardness derivation
- infelicitous similar to
Sense 2 adjective
generally incompetent and ineffectual
feckless attempts to repair the plumbing
Related & opposite
- unsuitability derivation
- fecklessness derivation
- incompetent similar to
Sense 3 adjective
revealing lack of perceptiveness or judgment or finesse
an inept remark
Related & opposite
- unsuitability derivation
- tactlessness derivation
- maladroit similar to
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | inaptness |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | gracelessness |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | awkwardness |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | infelicitous |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | unsuitability |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | fecklessness |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | incompetent |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | unsuitability |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | tactlessness |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | maladroit |