Inept
Inept adjective - Showing or marked by a lack of good sense or judgment.
Usage example: she offers one inept suggestion after another for saving the parish church
Unintelligent and inept are semantically related in foolish topic. In some cases you can use "Unintelligent" instead an adjective "Inept".
Nearby Words: ineptitude, ineptly
Unintelligent
Unintelligent adjective - Not having or showing an ability to absorb ideas readily.
Inept and unintelligent are semantically related in foolish topic. Sometimes you can use "Inept" instead an adjective "Unintelligent".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- thoughtless and inept
- thoughtless and unintelligent
- dull and inept
- dull and unintelligent
- stupid and inept
- stupid and unintelligent
- slow and inept
- slow and unintelligent
- weak and inept
- weak and unintelligent
- foolish and inept
- foolish and unintelligent
- irrational and inept
- irrational and unintelligent
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