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Word entry · 5 letters

inept

Best crossword clue

"Lacking skill"

5 letters · collected on this word page

5 lettersPronunciation /ɪˈnɛpt/Part of speech adjectiveSorted einptStarts with IEnds with T1 cluesCommon crossword word
1I2N3E4P5T

Definitions

  1. revealing lack of perceptiveness or judgment or finesse

Word origin

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

Used in a sentence

  • As a waiter, he was inept, so they put him in the kitchen.

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