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inept

adjective

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adjective
adverb
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Senses

Sense 1 adjective

not elegant or graceful in expression

an awkward prose style

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Sense 2 adjective

generally incompetent and ineffectual

feckless attempts to repair the plumbing

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Sense 3 adjective

revealing lack of perceptiveness or judgment or finesse

an inept remark

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SenseRelationGroupWord
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