Inept vs. Inapt — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Inept and Inapt
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Inept
Lacking or showing a lack of skill or competence; bungling or clumsy
An inept actor.
An inept performance.
Inapt
Inappropriate
An inapt remark.
Inept
Showing a lack of judgment, sense, or reason; inappropriate or foolish
An inept remark.
Inapt
Inept
Inapt handling of the project.
Inept
Not able to do something; not proficient; displaying incompetence.
As a waiter, he was inept, so they put him in the kitchen.
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Inapt
Unapt
Inept
Unfit; unsuitable.
Inapt
Unapt; not apt; unsuitable; inept.
Inept
Not apt or fit; unfit; unsuitable; improper; unbecoming.
The Aristotelian philosophy is inept for new discoveries.
Inapt
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?
Inept
Silly; useless; nonsensical; absurd; foolish.
To view attention as a special act of intelligence, and to distinguish it from consciousness, is utterly inept.
Inept
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?
Inept
Generally incompetent and ineffectual;
Feckless attempts to repair the plumbing
Inept handling of the account
Inept
Revealing lack of perceptiveness or judgment or finesse;
An inept remark
It was tactless to bring up those disagreeable
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