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adjective

Inept adj.

Not apt or fit; unfit; unsuitable; improper; unbecoming. "The Aristotelian philosophy is inept for new discoveries."

Silly; useless; nonsensical; absurd; foolish. "To view attention as a special act of intelligence, and to distinguish it from consciousness, is utterly inept."

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Etymology of 'Inept'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Inept" Quotes from Famous Books

... danger to its neighbours. Mexico is in such a phase to-day. And most of the aggressions and annexations of the modern period have arisen out of the inconveniences and reasonable fears caused by such an inept phase. I am a persistent advocate for the restoration of Poland, but at the same time it is very plain to me that it is a mere travesty of the facts to say that Poland, was a white lamb of a country torn to pieces by three wicked neighbours, Poland in the eighteenth ...

— What is Coming? • H. G. Wells

... not the view which you will find on the postcards illustrating this particular spot and calling it "Venice on the Vltava." In this the Pragers fall into the snobbish habit of going outside their own country for the sake of finding some inept comparison. I grant that they are not the only sinners in this respect; we may even have a "Venice in London," according to those who label the views on postcards, for all I know. I have, on postcards, met "Venice in Whatsisname" and elsewhere, wherever ...

— From a Terrace in Prague • Lieut.-Col. B. Granville Baker

Words linked to "Inept" : awkward, maladroit, cumbersome, incompetent, inapt, tactless, infelicitous