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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Inept \In*ept"\, a. [L. ineptus prefix. in- not + aptus apt, fit: cf F. inepte. Cf {Inapt}.] 1. Not apt or fit unfit; unsuitable; improper; unbecoming. The Aristotelian philosophy is inept for new discoveries. --Glanvill. 2. Silly; useless; nonsensical; absurd; foolish. To view attention as a special act of intelligence, and to distinguish it from consciousness, is utterly inept. --Sir W. Hamilton. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: inept adj 1: not elegant or graceful in expression; "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}] 2: generally incompetent and ineffectual; "feckless attempts to repair the plumbing"; "inept handling of the account" [syn: {feckless}] 3: revealing lack of perceptiveness or judgment or finesse; "an inept remark"; "it was tactless to bring up those disagreeable" [syn: {tactless}]
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