INAPT

awkward, clumsy, cumbersome, inapt, inept, ill-chosen

(adjective) 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?”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

inapt (comparative more inapt, superlative most inapt)

Unapt

Synonyms: unsuitable, inept

Anagrams

• Atnip, NAITP, Paint, inpat, nip at, paint, patin, pinta, tap in, tap-in

Source: Wiktionary


In*apt", a. Etym: [Pref. in- not + apt: cf. F. inapte. Cf. Inept.]

Definition: Unapt; not apt; unsuitable; inept.

– In*apt"ly, adv.

– In*apt"ness, n.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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