Definitions for inept

inept in·ept

Spelling: [in-ept, ih-nept]
IPA: /ɪnˈɛpt, ɪˈnɛpt/

Inept is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 7 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 9 points.

You can make 53 anagrams from letters in inept (einpt).

Definitions for inept

adjective

  1. without skill or aptitude for a particular task or assignment; maladroit:
  2. generally awkward or clumsy; haplessly incompetent.
  3. inappropriate; unsuitable; out of place.
  4. absurd or foolish:

Origin of inept

1595-1605; Latin ineptus, equivalent to in- in-3 + -eptus, combining form of aptus apt

Examples for inept

He is untrained, inept, but he will fill the place and draw the pay.

The visitors made a game of being awkward and inept, together.

The tradition is inept as it stands, but it has a basis of truth.

And I've got another, too—'inept'—and that's what you are now, Patricia Kendall.

How could members of my profession be so inept at talking to suffering people?

Those worthies must have had some motive, deeper than their avowed designs, for entrusting their defence to such 'inept hands.'

When it comes to inept financial planning, Montreal 1976 was the all-time record-breaker.

The moment seems to be a familiar breed of Internet gaffe when a eager but inept social media staffer makes a blunder.

Indeed, his inept attempts to frighten off Stewie only make the situation worse.

Rather than a world of war and dragons, we get “Medieval Land Fun-Time,” a theme park with inept employees.

Word Value for inept
Scrable

7

Words with friends

9

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