inept

Từ điển Oxford Learners Wordfinder Dictionary

adjective

1. not elegant or graceful in expression (Freq. 1)
- an awkward prose style
- a clumsy apology
- his cumbersome writing style
- if the rumor is true, can anything be more inept than to repeat it now?
• Syn:
awkward, clumsy, cumbersome, inapt, ill-chosen
• Similar to:
infelicitous
• Derivationally related forms:
ineptness, inaptness (for: inapt), clumsiness (for: clumsy), awkwardness (for: awkward)
2. generally incompetent and ineffectual (Freq. 1)
- feckless attempts to repair the plumbing
- inept handling of the account
• Syn:
feckless
• Similar to:
incompetent
• Derivationally related forms:
ineptness, fecklessness (for: feckless)
3. revealing lack of perceptiveness or judgment or finesse
- an inept remark
- it was tactless to bring up those disagreeable
• Syn:
tactless
• Similar to:
maladroit
• Derivationally related forms:
tactlessness (for: tactless), ineptness

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  tactless, feckless, awkward, clumsy, cumbersome, inapt, ill-chosen