inept

English

Borrowed from Middle French inepte, from Latin ineptus, from in- + aptus (whence English apt).

Rhymes: -ɛpt

inept (comparative more inept, superlative most inept)

Not able to do something; not proficient; displaying incompetence.
- As a waiter, he was inept, so they put him in the kitchen.
Unfit; unsuitable.

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

unfit, unsuitable

Bulgarian: неподходящ (bg) (nepodhodjašt), неуместен (bg) (neumesten)
Chinese:
Cantonese: 唔適當嘅／唔适当嘅 (m⁴ sik¹ dong³ ge³)

Mandarin: 不適當的／不适当的 (bùshìdàng de)
Czech: nevhodný (cs) m, nejapný (cs)
German: ungeeignet (de), untauglich (de)
Japanese: 不向きな (fumuki na), 不適な (ja) (futeki na), 不適当な (ja) (futekitō na)
Russian: него́дный (ru) (negódnyj)

Borrowed from French inepte, from Latin ineptus.

inept m or n (feminine singular ineptă, masculine plural inepți, feminine and neuter plural inepte)

Declension of inept

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