🔤 Inept (Adjective)

IPA: //ɪˈnɛpt//

✨ Use inept when someone is so unskilled at something, it almost feels like they’re working against themselves.

🧠 Meaning

Lacking skill, ability, or competence; clumsy or awkward.

✍️ Example Sentences

🔹 The intern was charming but completely inept at handling client calls.

🔹 His inept attempt to fix the sink only made the leak worse.

📜 Word Origin

From Latin ineptus — in- (“not”) + aptus (“suitable, fitting”).

💡 Did You Know?

Inept covers everything from social awkwardness to professional incompetence—it’s the opposite of capable.

🏷️ Related Words

#clumsy #unskilled #incompetent #awkward #bungling #unfit

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