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inept
(encz) | inept,nemotorný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
inept
(encz) | inept,neobratný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
inept
(encz) | inept,nešikovný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
Inept
(gcide) | Inept \In*ept"\, a. [L. ineptus; prefix. in- not + aptus apt,
fit: cf. F. inepte. Cf. Inapt.]
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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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inept
(wn) | 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, inept, ill-chosen]
2: generally incompetent and ineffectual; "feckless attempts to
repair the plumbing"; "inept handling of the account" [syn:
feckless, inept]
3: revealing lack of perceptiveness or judgment or finesse; "an
inept remark"; "it was tactless to bring up those
disagreeable" [syn: inept, tactless] |
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ineptitude
(encz) | ineptitude,neobratnost n: Zdeněk Brožineptitude,nešikovnost n: Zdeněk Brož |
ineptly
(encz) | ineptly,neobratně adv: Zdeněk Brož |
ineptness
(encz) | ineptness,neobratnost n: Zdeněk Brož |
Didus ineptus
(gcide) | Dodo \Do"do\, n.; pl. Dodoes. [Said to be fr. Pg. doudo silly,
foolish (cf. Booby); this is fr. Prov. E. dold, the same
word as E. dolt.] (Zool.)
A large, extinct bird (Didus ineptus), formerly inhabiting
the Island of Mauritius. It had short, half-fledged wings,
like those of the ostrich, and a short neck and legs; --
called also dronte. It was related to the pigeons.
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Inept
(gcide) | Inept \In*ept"\, a. [L. ineptus; prefix. in- not + aptus apt,
fit: cf. F. inepte. Cf. Inapt.]
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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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Ineptitude
(gcide) | Ineptitude \In*ept"i*tude\, n. [L. ineptitudo.]
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1. The quality of being inept; unfitness; inaptitude;
unsuitableness.
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That ineptitude for society, which is frequently the
fault of us scholars. --Tatler.
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2. Absurdity; nonsense; foolishness.
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Ineptly
(gcide) | Ineptly \In*ept"ly\, adv.
Unfitly; unsuitably; awkwardly.
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None of them are made foolishly or ineptly. --Dr. H.
More.
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Ineptness
(gcide) | Ineptness \In*ept"ness\, n.
Unfitness; ineptitude.
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The feebleness and miserable ineptness of infancy.
--Dr. H. More.
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ineptitude
(wn) | ineptitude
n 1: unskillfulness resulting from a lack of training [syn:
awkwardness, clumsiness, ineptness, ineptitude,
maladroitness, slowness]
2: having no qualities that would render it valuable or useful;
"the drill sergeant's intent was to convince all the recruits
of their worthlessness" [syn: worthlessness, ineptitude]
[ant: worth] |
ineptly
(wn) | ineptly
adv 1: with ineptitude; in an incompetent manner; "he performed
his functions ineptly" [syn: ineptly, fecklessly]
2: in an infelicitous manner; "this function is ineptly left to
a small voice" |
ineptness
(wn) | ineptness
n 1: unskillfulness resulting from a lack of training [syn:
awkwardness, clumsiness, ineptness, ineptitude,
maladroitness, slowness]
2: the quality of having the wrong properties for a specific
purpose [syn: unsuitability, unsuitableness, ineptness]
[ant: suitability, suitableness] |
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