inept

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• Canada, UK, US: /ɪˈnɛpt/
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• Australian: /ɪˈnept/
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• rhymes with -ɛpt
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• CMU ARPABET: IH2 N EH1 P T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Borrowed from Middle French inepte, from Latin ineptus, from in- + aptus (whence English apt).

74 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Armenian: անձեռնհաս (anjeṙnhas) — not able to do something
• Bulgarian: неумел (neumel) — not able to do something
• Bulgarian: некадърен (nekadǎren) — not able to do something
• Catalan: inepte — not able to do something
• Chinese Cantonese: 無能嘅 /无能嘅 (mou4 nang4 ke3) — not able to do something
• Chinese Cantonese: 笨拙嘅 (ban6 zyut3 ge3) — not able to do something
• Chinese Mandarin: 無能的 /无能的 (wúnéng de) — not able to do something
• Chinese Mandarin: 笨拙的 (bènzhuō de) — not able to do something
• Czech: neschopný — not able to do something
• Czech: nešikovný — not able to do something
• Czech: neobratný — not able to do something
• Dutch: ongeschikt — not able to do something
• Dutch: onbekwaam — not able to do something
• Estonian: ebapädev — not able to do something
• Estonian: saamatu — not able to do something
• Estonian: soss-sepp — not able to do something
• Estonian: asjatundmatu — not able to do something
• Finnish: avuton — not able to do something
• Finnish: taitamaton — not able to do something
• Finnish: kyvytön — not able to do something
• Finnish: osaamaton — not able to do something
• French: inepte — not able to do something
• German: unfähig — not able to do something
• Greek: ανίκανος (aníkanos) — not able to do something
• Greek: άχρηστος (áchristos) — not able to do something
• Hindi: कुकृय (kukŕy) — not able to do something
• Ido: nekapabla — not able to do something
• Italian: inetto — not able to do something
• Japanese: 不向きな (fumuki na) — not able to do something
• Japanese: 苦手な (nigate na) — not able to do something
• Japanese: 弱い (yowai) — not able to do something
• Macedonian: неспособен (nesposoben) — not able to do something
• Macedonian: некадарен (nekadaren) — not able to do something
• Māori: koretake — not able to do something
• Māori: hakorea — not able to do something
• Māori: pakihawa — not able to do something
• Māori: rapa — not able to do something
• Norwegian: talentløs — not able to do something
• Norwegian: udugelig — not able to do something
• Norwegian: uskikket — not able to do something
• Plautdietsch: onjeschekjt — not able to do something
• Polish: neptek — not able to do something
• Polish: nieudolny — not able to do something
• Polish: niezaradny — not able to do something
• Portuguese: inapto — not able to do something
• Portuguese: incapaz — not able to do something
• Portuguese: incompetente — not able to do something
• Romanian: incompetent — not able to do something
• Romanian: incapabil — not able to do something
• Russian: неуме́лый (neumélyj) — not able to do something
• Russian: неспосо́бный (nesposóbnyj) — not able to do something
• Scottish Gaelic: baoth — not able to do something
• Spanish: inepto — not able to do something
• Spanish: incapaz — not able to do something
• Turkish: beceriksiz — not able to do something
• Turkish: yeteneksiz — not able to do something
• Ukrainian: невмі́лий (nevmílyj) — not able to do something
• Yoruba: ope — not able to do something
• Bulgarian: неподходящ (nepodhodjašt) — unfit, unsuitable
• Bulgarian: неуместен (neumesten) — unfit, unsuitable
• Chinese Cantonese: 唔適當嘅 /唔适当嘅 (m4 sik1 dong3 ge3) — unfit, unsuitable
• Chinese Mandarin: 不適當的 /不适当的 (bùshìdàng de) — unfit, unsuitable
• Czech: nevhodný — unfit, unsuitable
• Czech: nejapný — unfit, unsuitable
• Estonian: ebapädev — unfit, unsuitable
• Estonian: sobimatu — unfit, unsuitable
• German: ungeeignet — unfit, unsuitable
• German: untauglich — unfit, unsuitable
• Japanese: 不向きな (fumuki na) — unfit, unsuitable
• Japanese: 不適な (futeki na) — unfit, unsuitable
• Japanese: 不適当な (futekitō na) — unfit, unsuitable
• Macedonian: неприкладен (neprikladen) — unfit, unsuitable
• Macedonian: несоодветен (nesoodveten) — unfit, unsuitable
• Russian: него́дный (negódnyj) — unfit, unsuitable