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inept
Synonyms and Antonyms of inept
- an inept editor who misses many errors
accomplished, ace, adept, consummate, crack, experienced, practiced (also practised), seasoned, veteran, virtuoso
all-around (also all-round), protean, versatile
- an inept choice of movies for the children
out of place, out of the way
fortunate, opportune, seasonable, timely
applicable, apposite, apropos, apt, germane, material, pat, pointed, relative, relevant
compatible, congenial, harmonious
allowed, authorized, permitted
approved, endorsed (also indorsed), kosher, licensed, sanctioned
abetted, encouraged, promoted, supported
acceptable, adequate, all right, decent, fine, OK (or okay), passable, respectable, satisfactory, tolerable
- an inept effort to become friends with their future son-in-law
- She offers one inept suggestion after another.
absurd, asinine, balmy, brainless, cockeyed, crackpot, crazy, cuckoo, daffy, daft, dippy, dotty, fatuous, featherheaded, fool, foolish, half-baked, half-witted, harebrained, insane, jerky, kooky (also kookie), loony (also looney), lunatic, lunkheaded, mad, nonsensical, nutty, preposterous, sappy, screwball, senseless, silly, simpleminded, stupid, tomfool, unwise, wacky (also whacky), weak-minded, witless, zany
airheaded, birdbrained, brain-dead, chowderheaded, chuckleheaded, clueless, dense, dim, dim-witted, doltish, dopey (also dopy), dorky [slang], dull, dumb, dunderheaded, empty-headed, fatuous, feebleminded, idiotic (also idiotical), imbecile (or imbecilic), knuckleheaded, lamebrain (or lamebrained), mindless, moronic, oafish, obtuse, opaque, pinheaded, simple, slow, slow-witted, soft, softheaded, thoughtless, thick, thickheaded, unintelligent, vacuous, witless
fallacious, illogical, invalid, irrational, unreasonable, unreasoning, unsound, weak
out to lunch
Synonym Discussion of inept
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- periods of awkward silence
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- a clumsy mechanic
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- a maladroit politician
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- a hopelessly inept defense attorney
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- felt gauche and unsophisticated at formal parties
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