Inept

//ɪˈnept//

Synonyms for "inept" (204 found)

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Closest matches (41)

Strong matches (61)

Related words (102)

Related word relations

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6 relation types

Antonyms

2 entries

Synonyms

2 entries

derived

4 entries

etymologically related_to

1 entries

related to

7 entries

similar

4 entries

Translations

74 translations across 29 languages.

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Armenian

1 entries
  • անձեռնհաս adj (not able to do something)

Bulgarian

4 entries
  • некадърен adj (not able to do something)
  • неподходящ adj (unfit, unsuitable)
  • неумел adj (not able to do something)
  • неуместен adj (unfit, unsuitable)

Catalan

1 entries
  • inepte adj (not able to do something)

Chinese Cantonese

3 entries
  • 唔適當嘅 /唔适当嘅 adj (unfit, unsuitable)
  • 無能嘅 /无能嘅 adj (not able to do something)
  • 笨拙嘅 adj (not able to do something)

Chinese Mandarin

3 entries
  • 不適當的 /不适当的 adj (unfit, unsuitable)
  • 無能的 /无能的 adj (not able to do something)
  • 笨拙的 adj (not able to do something)

Czech

4 entries
  • nejapný adj (unfit, unsuitable)
  • neobratný adj (not able to do something)
  • neschopný adj (not able to do something)
  • nevhodný adj (unfit, unsuitable)

Dutch

2 entries
  • onbekwaam adj (not able to do something)
  • ongeschikt adj (not able to do something)

Estonian

4 entries
  • asjatundmatu adj (not able to do something)
  • ebapädev adj (not able to do something)
  • ebapädev adj (unfit, unsuitable)
  • saamatu adj (not able to do something)

Finnish

4 entries
  • avuton adj (not able to do something)
  • kyvytön adj (not able to do something)
  • osaamaton adj (not able to do something)
  • taitamaton adj (not able to do something)

French

1 entries
  • inepte adj (not able to do something)

German

3 entries
  • unfähig adj (not able to do something)
  • ungeeignet adj (unfit, unsuitable)
  • untauglich adj (unfit, unsuitable)

Greek

2 entries
  • άχρηστος adj (not able to do something)
  • ανίκανος adj (not able to do something)

Hindi

1 entries
  • कुकृय adj (not able to do something)

Ido

1 entries
  • nekapabla adj (not able to do something)

Italian

1 entries
  • inetto adj (not able to do something)

Japanese

4 entries
  • 不向きな adj (not able to do something)
  • 不向きな adj (unfit, unsuitable)
  • 不適な adj (unfit, unsuitable)
  • 不適当な adj (unfit, unsuitable)

Macedonian

4 entries
  • некадарен adj (not able to do something)
  • неприкладен adj (unfit, unsuitable)
  • несоодветен adj (unfit, unsuitable)
  • неспособен adj (not able to do something)

Māori

4 entries
  • hakorea adj (not able to do something)
  • koretake adj (not able to do something)
  • pakihawa adj (not able to do something)
  • rapa adj (not able to do something)

Norwegian

3 entries
  • talentløs adj (not able to do something)
  • udugelig adj (not able to do something)
  • uskikket adj (not able to do something)

Plautdietsch

1 entries
  • onjeschekjt adj (not able to do something)

Polish

3 entries
  • neptek adj (not able to do something)
  • nieudolny adj (not able to do something)
  • niezaradny adj (not able to do something)

Portuguese

3 entries
  • inapto adj (not able to do something)
  • incapaz adj (not able to do something)
  • incompetente adj (not able to do something)

Romanian

2 entries
  • incapabil adj (not able to do something)
  • incompetent adj (not able to do something)

Russian

3 entries
  • него́дный adj (unfit, unsuitable)
  • неспосо́бный adj (not able to do something)
  • неуме́лый adj (not able to do something)

Scottish Gaelic

1 entries
  • baoth adj (not able to do something)

Spanish

2 entries
  • incapaz adj (not able to do something)
  • inepto adj (not able to do something)

Turkish

2 entries
  • beceriksiz adj (not able to do something)
  • yeteneksiz adj (not able to do something)

Ukrainian

1 entries
  • невмі́лий adj (not able to do something)

Yoruba

1 entries
  • ope adj (not able to do something)

Sample sentences

9 total sentences available.

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They are a bunch of inept and aggressive cretins..

Source: tatoeba (1671056)

I'm not usually this inept.

Source: tatoeba (3728712)

Tom is inept.

Source: tatoeba (9241062)

This cloth has the special ability to be invisible to the stupid and the inept.

Source: tatoeba (9329848)

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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.