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French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin ineptus.
Pronunciation
Adjective
inepte (plural ineptes)
- inept, incompetent, feckless
- Antonym: adepte
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Latin
Adjective
inepte
- vocative masculine singular of ineptus
References
- “inepte”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “inepte”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- inepte in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.