Inept

What do we mean by inept?

Lacking or showing a lack of skill or competence; bungling or clumsy. adjective

Showing a lack of judgment, sense, or reason; inappropriate or foolish. adjective

Not apt, fit, or suitable; inapt.

Inappropriate; out of place; foolish.

Not apt or fit; unfit; unsuitable; improper; unbecoming. adjective

Silly; useless; nonsensical; absurd; foolish. adjective

Not able to do something; not proficient; displaying incompetence adjective

Unfit; unsuitable adjective

Revealing lack of perceptiveness or judgment or finesse adjective

Not elegant or graceful in expression adjective

Generally incompetent and ineffectual adjective

Not able to do something; not proficient; displaying incompetence.

Unfit; unsuitable.

Words that are spelled similarly to inept:
inept, inert, inapt, incept, inet, inpt.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word inept:
nerd, incompetent, corrupt, incapable, magician, handling, fool, homer, detective, simpson, con, yuan, worst, inspector, nonetheless, bad, horror, failing, ruler, repeatedly, leadership, corruption, heroes, gang, trio, attempts, comedy, advice, lack, disaster, soldier, tries, agent.

Words that rhyme with inept:
precept, adept, accept, except, intercept, sept, leapt, kept, crept, swept, wept, yclept, slept, windswept, prepped, stepped, leaped, clept, sidestepped, pepped, overstepped, overslept, schlepped, sept-, hept-.

Adjectives that are often used to describe inept:
little, best, own, singularly, least, more, same, general, academically, usual, refocused, uncommonly, few, bold, elderly.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective inept:
handling, leadership, management, performance, administration, attempt, government, attempts, way, policies, use, policy, person, efforts, leaders, hands, diplomacy, politician, parenting, politicians, leader, campaign, rule, behavior, administrator, commander, manner, practices, response, officials, planning, teachers, managers, officers, commanders, manager, rulers, bureaucracy, conduct, remark, child, regime, governments, treatment, effort, fashion, imitation, organization, decisions, generals, pupil, teacher, piece, president, actions, defense, translation, administrators, lover, king, performances, son, strategy, play, ruler, writing, student, father, bureaucrats, officer, parents, tactics, husband, students, command, description, remarks, individuals, execution, general, criticism, choice, practitioners, move, direction, individual, set, agents, writer, speech.

Consonant match to inept:
inapt, unapt.

Words that sound like inept:
inept, inapt, unapt, incept, inet, inpt, interrupt, init, innit, in it, pinniped, inat, innate, annette, inuit, unkept, snipped, anette, npt, annett, imped, emet, in out, in heat, unwept, impt, inap, in head, snapped, sniped, snooped, erupt, emit, unzipped, imit, enit, egipt, inist, imet, enet, immit, unet, inid, unut, unlipped, unripped, input, inert, empt, emote, inlet, eloped, inez, inchoate, anit, in spite, inched, anet, indepth, dinette, indebt, anat, enrapt, eent, enate, enwrapped, in-depth, innuit, ineptly, in debt, anot, ginette, anight, anup, inp, bennette, binette, annot, ennead, inaba, enat, imap, anap, empte, insep, annat, ginep, inceptor, inad, anupa, chenette, guenette, inab, in depth, immeshed, inode, bewept, in need, inerte, inpo.