Inept
Inept adjective - Lacking qualities (as knowledge, skill, or ability) required to do a job.
Nitwitted and inept are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Nitwitted" instead an adjective "Inept".
Nearby Words: ineptitude, ineptly
Nitwitted
Nitwitted adjective - (of especially persons) lacking sense or understanding or judgment.
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Related pairs
- inexpert and inept
- inexpert and nitwitted
- thoughtless and inept
- thoughtless and nitwitted
- dull and inept
- dull and nitwitted
- stupid and inept
- stupid and nitwitted
- inappropriate and inept
- inappropriate and nitwitted
- inexperienced and inept
- inexperienced and nitwitted
- foolish and inept
- foolish and nitwitted
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