inept
US: /ˌɪˈnɛpt/
UK: /ɪnˈɛpt/
UK: /ɪnˈɛpt/
English Vietnamese dictionary
inept /i'nept/
- tính từ
- lạc lõng
- dớ dẩn, vô lý
- (từ Mỹ,nghĩa Mỹ) không có khả năng thích hợp (với một nhiệm vụ...)
Advanced English dictionary
+ adjective
acting or done with no skill: She was left feeling inept and inadequate. + an inept remark
ineptly adverb
Thesaurus dictionary
adj.
1 clumsy, awkward, bungling, maladroit, ungainly, bumbling, gauche, inexpert, unskilled, unskilful, incompetent, inefficient:
If he is inept at sailing, he'd better become proficient.
2 inappropriate, inapt, unseemly, improper, unfitting, unfit, unsuitable, impolitic, undiplomatic, injudicious, imprudent, indiscreet, ill-considered, ill-judged, ill-advised, unadvised, unadvisable or inadvised, misguided, inexpedient, out of place, unwise:
She made some inept comment and blushed furiously.
Collocation dictionary
VERBS
be, prove | become
ADV.
very | quite | rather | politically, socially
It would be politically inept to cut these training programmes now.
PREP.
at
He was rather inept at word games.
Concise English dictionary
ɪ'nept
adj.
+not elegant or graceful in expression
+generally incompetent and ineffectual
+revealing lack of perceptiveness or judgment or finesse
