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English
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French inepte, from Latin ineptus, from in- + aptus (whence English apt).
Pronunciation
Rhymes: -ɛpt
Adjective
inept (comparative more inept, superlative most inept)
- Not able to do something; not proficient; displaying incompetence.
- Unfit; unsuitable.
Antonyms
Derived terms
Translations
not able to do something
- Bulgarian: неумел (bg) (neumel), некадърен (bg) (nekadǎren)
- Catalan: inepte
- Chinese:
- Cantonese: 無能嘅／无能嘅 (mou4 nang4 ke3), 笨拙嘅 (ban6 zyut3 ge3)
- Mandarin: 無能的／无能的 (wúnéng de), 笨拙的 (bènzhuō de)
- Czech: neschopný (cs) m, nešikovný (cs), neobratný (cs)
- Dutch: ongeschikt (nl), onbekwaam (nl)
- Finnish: avuton (fi), taitamaton (fi), kyvytön (fi), osaamaton (fi)
- French: inepte (fr)
- German: unfähig (de)
- Greek: ανίκανος (el) (aníkanos), άχρηστος (el) (áchristos)
- Hindi: कुकृय m (kukŕy)
- Ido: nekapabla (io)
- Italian: inetto (it)
- Japanese: 不向きな (fumuki na), 苦手な (ja) (nigate na), 弱い (ja) (yowai)
- Maori: koretake, hakorea, pakihawa, rapa
- Norwegian: talentløs, tåpelig (no), udugelig (no), uskikket
- Plautdietsch: onjeschekjt
- Polish: neptek (pl) m, nieudolny (pl), niezaradny (pl)
- Portuguese: inapto (pt), incapaz (pt), incompetente (pt)
- Romanian: incompetent (ro), incapabil (ro)
- Russian: неуме́лый (ru) (neumélyj), неспосо́бный (ru) (nesposóbnyj)
- Scottish Gaelic: baoth
- Spanish: inepto (es), incapaz (es)
- Turkish: beceriksiz (tr), yeteneksiz (tr)
- Ukrainian: невмі́лий (nevmílyj)
- Yoruba: ope
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Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from French inepte, from Latin ineptus.
Adjective
inept m or n (feminine singular ineptă, masculine plural inepți, feminine and neuter plural inepte)
- inept
Declension