Synonyms of the word inept


INEPTAWKWARD - CLUMSY - CUMBERSOME - FECKLESS - INAPT - INCOMPETENT - INFELICITOUS - MALADROIT - TACTLESS

inept

  • adj. Not able to do something; not proficient; displaying incompetence.
  • adj. Unfit; unsuitable.

awkward

  • adv. (obsolete) In a backwards direction.
  • adj. Lacking dexterity in the use of the hands, or of instruments.
  • adj. Not easily managed or effected; embarrassing.
  • adj. Lacking social skills, or uncomfortable with social interaction.
  • adj. Perverse; adverse; difficult to handle.
  • n. Someone or something that is awkward.

clumsy

  • adj. awkward, lacking coordination, not graceful, not dextrous.
  • adj. Not elegant or well-planned, lacking tact or subtlety.
  • adj. awkward or inefficient in use or construction, difficult to handle or manage especially because of shape.
  • n. (informal, fairly rare) A clumsy person.

cumbersome

  • adj. Burdensome or hindering, as a weight or drag; vexatious.
  • adj. Not easily managed or handled; awkward.
  • adj. Hard, difficult, demanding to handle or get around with.

feckless

  • adj. Lacking purpose.
  • adj. Without skill, ineffective, incompetent.
  • adj. (Britain) Lacking the courage to act in any meaningful way.
  • adj. (Britain, archaic) Lacking vitality.

inapt

  • adj. Unapt; not apt; unsuitable; inept.

incompetent

  • adj. Unskilled, lacking normally expected degree of ability.
  • adj. Unable to make rational decisions, insane or otherwise cognitively impaired.
  • adj. (medicine) an incompetent cervix is one that opens too early in pregnancy, provoking the baby to be born.
  • n. A person who is incompetent.

infelicitous

  • adj. Unhappy or unfortunate.
  • adj. Inappropriate or awkward; not well said, expressed, or done.

maladroit

  • adj. Not adroit; awkward, clumsy, inept.
  • n. Somebody who is inept, or lacking in skill, or talent.

tactless

  • adj. having no tact; unaware or intentionally inconsiderate of someone else's feelings.

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