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Hasil cari dari kata atau frase: inept (0.02736 detik)
Found 3 items, similar to inept.
English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: inept
janggal, mustahil
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: inept
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]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Inept
Inept
\In*ept"\, a. [L. ineptus; prefix. in- not + aptus apt,
fit: cf. F. inepte. Cf.
Inapt.]
[1913 Webster]
1. Not apt or fit; unfit; unsuitable; improper; unbecoming.
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The Aristotelian philosophy is inept for new
discoveries. --Glanvill.
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2. Silly; useless; nonsensical; absurd; foolish.
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To view attention as a special act of intelligence,
and to distinguish it from consciousness, is utterly
inept. --Sir W.
Hamilton.
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