ineptadjective
uk/ɪˈnept/us/ˌɪnˈept/not skilled or effective:
an inept comment/remark
He was always rather inept at sport.
He was criticized for his inept handling of the situation.
Dick was socially inept and uncomfortable in the presence of women.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Inability and awkwardness
- accident-prone
- all thumbs idiom
- amateurish
- at your worst idiom
- awkward
- boil
- fumble
- gauche
- geek
- ham-fisted
- have nothing on sb or sth idiom
- incapacitate
- nerd
- no great shakes idiom
- not have a prayer idiom
- obey
- organize
- paralysed
- prone
- rubbish
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ineptitude
noun [ U ] uk/ɪˈnep.tɪ.tʃuːd/us/ˌɪnˈep.tə.tuːd/
political/social/economic ineptitude