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英:[ɪˈnept]
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in·ept
In ept
ineptly (adv.), ineptitude (n.), ineptness (n.)
词根:inept
adv.ineptly 不适当地;无能地
n.ineptitude 不适当,不合适;不称职;愚笨
ineptness 拙劣;荒谬
Adjective
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?"
2. generally incompetent and ineffectual;
"feckless attempts to repair the plumbing"
"inept handling of the account"
3. revealing lack of perceptiveness or judgment or finesse;
"an inept remark"
"it was tactless to bring up those disagreeable"
大约1600年,“不适合的,不恰当的”,也指“荒谬的,愚蠢的”,源自法语 inepte “无能的”(14世纪)或直接源自拉丁语 ineptus “不适当的,不合适的,不得体的; 荒谬的,尴尬的,愚蠢的,不机智的”,由 in- “不,相反”(见 in-(1))和 aptus “恰当的”(见 apt)组成。相关词汇: Ineptly; ineptness。
笨拙的
不合适的
Middle French inepte, from Latin ineptus, from in- + aptus apt
The first known use of inept was in 1542
ineptadjective
not suited for the occasion : inappropriate
an inept remark
lacking in skill or ability : incompetent
ineptadjective
not suited for the occasion : inappropriate
an inept remark
lacking in skill or ability : incompetent
1 You wonder, too, about what might have been in store for other shows of the past, had inept execution or audience disaffection not led to their cancellation.
2 But most seem to think the senator is inept at best and a liar at worst.
但是大多数人认为这位议员太过笨拙,还是最差的说谎者。
3 Speaking of dolts ... as the show perks, Christopher Hopkins-Ward's baleful portrayal of the inept suitor Slender is redeemed also.
4 His death in this week’s episode is treated like a sad inevitability, as the inept schemes and crippling pettiness of a not-so-clever man lead to another needless fatality and open the door to still more.
5 “I think she was surprised. And perhaps her feelings were hurt. She certainly didn’t express herself very well. Shocking, really, that a romance novelist could be so inept at the language of the heart.”
6 In Red Dog, Nevada, law and order is breaking down under the inept rule of the town's all-male big cheeses.
7 “Potentially, he just singlehandedly made her career after it was undermined by that other, inept advert,” a Twitter user commented.
8 The inept have a way of making their problems the responsibility of the highly competent, which is how Wong comes to share the common frustration of people who are better than the job they're given.
9 She opened the matchbox compartment successfully, but one inept scratch of a match sent the box to the floor.
10 Surely, you may feel, the explanation's staring us in the face: all those overpaid studio honchos are just too cowardly, lazy and inept to deliver original fare.
11 What more is there to say about TV’s most gloriously inept and obtuse local newsman, except that every single thing he says is pure, unadulterated comedy gold?
12 I'm thinking of words like unkempt, inept, disgruntled, and uncouth.
13 Fred had long seemed to think that his little brother was just a bit inept, and that he needed to set him straight on any number of things.
14 Unless you’re one of the skilled roller skaters cruising merrily around Southgate Roller Rink in White Center, weaving among the inept newbies and smiling like you don’t have a care in the world.
15 The bulk of the novel chronicles the misbegotten schemes this trio concocts in an attempt to offload the inept Pittilanga’s contract.
16 I'm the fish out of water and I'm inept at things and a lot of the laughs are at my expense.
17 And every master, no matter how inept he might have been, had succeeded in that singular goal.
而每一位总领,不管多么的无能,他总能成功地完成这一任务。
18 He told students that he had been unable to capture the essence of the central character, the leader of an inept gang of bank robbers who winds up taking hostages.
19 After so many years of being in hotels and backstage areas, I'm horridly inept at cleaning up after myself.
20 It’s not inept, and the band is almost academically true to its own style.
1 愚蠢的
gullish thick-brained soft-witted unideaed fat-witted simple thick stupid mad fool silly dumb nonsense absurd vacant foolish dizzy childish goofy mindless jerky frivolous unwise nonsensical cuckoo balmy crass ill-advised inane moronic half-baked sappy brutish imbecile spastic brainless light-headed brain-dead witless dotty fatuous dippy lumpish imbecilic klutzy pointy-headed gormless dopey doltish footling dimwitted sottish featherbrained fuzzy-headed crackbrained feebleminded cockamamie thickheaded soft-headed anserine gawkish tomfool pinheaded shallow-minded wooden-headed stockish rattlebrained featherheaded birdbrained puddingheaded dull blunt bullish senseless idiotic zany sodden barmy insensate gaga footless scatty cockamamy softheaded muddleheaded hebetate off onion anserous joebernowl bat-blind bat-eyed mini-minded idiotical shallow-brained shallow-headed shallow-pated empty vain nutty daft preposterous asinine flighty unintelligent batty lumpen muddle-headed dull-witted spoony cock-eyed slaphappy chuckleheaded unadvised spooney coocoo glaikit piss-ass doiled wet dense dim potty dope clueless inert cranky loon nitty loony vagabond kooky drippy Dotty harebrained cockeyed daffy boneheaded foppish Boeotian goosey simpleminded goaty hairbrained unwitty reasonless crack-brained clotty clottish
2 不恰当
unfortunate inappropriate unhappy amiss undeserved uncalled-for unbecoming unfitting inapt ineptitude inappropriateness unworthy incongruous inapposite unapt inequality impertinence solecism inaptitude
3 不能胜任
5 愚蠢
gullish thick-brained soft-witted unideaed fat-witted simple thick stupid mad fool silly dumb nonsense absurd vacant foolish dizzy childish goofy mindless jerky frivolous unwise nonsensical cuckoo balmy crass ill-advised inane moronic half-baked sappy brutish imbecile spastic brainless light-headed brain-dead witless dotty fatuous dippy lumpish imbecilic klutzy pointy-headed gormless dopey doltish footling dimwitted sottish featherbrained fuzzy-headed crackbrained feebleminded cockamamie thickheaded soft-headed anserine gawkish tomfool pinheaded shallow-minded wooden-headed stockish rattlebrained featherheaded birdbrained puddingheaded stockishly stupidly foolishly unwisely senselessly idiotically fatuously inanely sillily gawkily babyism stockishness meshugaas moronity folly stupidity absurdity silliness ineptitude dumbo inanity imbecility dumbness unwisdom fatuity dulness jackassery moronism boobery dull blunt bullish senseless idiotic zany sodden barmy insensate gaga footless scatty cockamamy softheaded muddleheaded hebetate shit arse infatuation vacuity besot have a thick skull off onion anserous joebernowl bat-blind bat-eyed mini-minded idiotical shallow-brained shallow-headed shallow-pated empty vain nutty daft preposterous asinine flighty unintelligent batty lumpen muddle-headed dull-witted spoony cock-eyed slaphappy chuckleheaded unadvised spooney coocoo glaikit fondly puerility asininity piss-ass doiled wet dense dim potty dope clueless inert cranky loon nitty loony vagabond kooky drippy Dotty harebrained cockeyed daffy boneheaded foppish Boeotian goosey simpleminded goaty hairbrained unwitty reasonless crack-brained clotty clottish madly narreshkeit thickness cock ridicule fondness gammon doofus div daffiness desipience stumer a hole in the head
6 不能胜任的
7 不适当的
wrong inappropriate punk inadequate insufficient improper incompetent unfit indecent unwise incongruous untoward unbecoming inopportune unsuited incongruent impertinent ill-considered incommensurate inexpedient inapt infelicitous malapropos unapt uncalled for bad incorrect bum undue ineligible unsuitable ill wry unseemly inapplicable ill-suited unfitting unfitted unmeet unpregnant
8 荒诞的
9 无能的
ineffective inefficient incompetent powerless nerdy brain-dead talentless shiftless footless unaccomplished impuissant useless hopeless impotent ineffectual spastic duff tinpot clueless incapable lame-duck incapacious helpless effete inapt no-account vagabond
11 无能
ineffective inefficient incompetent powerless nerdy brain-dead talentless shiftless footless unaccomplished impuissant ineffectually disability paralysis inefficiency inadequacy incapacity impotence disablement incapability impuissance useless hopeless impotent ineffectual spastic duff tinpot ineptly inability ineptitude ineffectiveness worthlessness bungling clueless incapable lame-duck incapacious helpless effete inapt nonability disable palsy incompetence emptiness bumble inaptitude no-account vagabond imbecility
12 不合适的
misbecoming unequal ill-fitting incongruent off-key unfortunate unhappy indecent inopportune injudicious inapt n/a wrong improper unsuitable unseemly unbecoming unseasonable unfitting unseasonal uncomely unbefitting out of place
13 不相称的
inappropriate disproportionate unsuitable incongruous ill-fitting unsuited unfitting incommensurate
14 不得体
broad improper indecent unbecoming out-of-the-way malodorous tactlessly unseemliness near the knuckle
15 荒诞
17 不熟练
raw awkward amateurish inexpert maladroit unversed unpractised ineptitude unskilled untried unaccomplished inapt unskilful inexperience poor amateur rusty shaky ragged no great shakes
18 傻的
pinheaded fool silly foolish goofy lunatic daft ditzy dotty fatuous dippy besotted beggarly empty-headed spoony thick-skulled nitwitted tomfool
19 不恰当的
unfortunate inappropriate unhappy undeserved uncalled-for unbecoming unfitting inapt unworthy incongruous inapposite unapt
20 不适合
wrong incompetent uncongenial ineptitude disqualify unequal off-key inapposite unadapted unbefitting unaccommodated unconformable inconcinnity disagreement misfit indispose misbecome foreign inappropriate unqualified incongruous inopportune unsuited incongruent unadaptable unpregnant incongruity inconformity unsuitably
21 不熟练的
raw awkward amateurish inexpert unversed unpractised unskilled untried unaccomplished inapt unskilful poor amateur rusty shaky ragged no great shakes
24 不合适
misbecoming unequal ill-fitting incongruent off-key unsuitably inaptly inappropriateness unsuitability inaptness unsuited to unfortunate unhappy indecent inopportune injudicious inapt inaptitude n/a wrong improper unsuitable unseemly unbecoming unseasonable unfitting unseasonal uncomely unbefitting amiss impropriety unfit out of place
25 不适当
wrong inappropriate punk inadequate insufficient improper incompetent unfit indecent unwise incongruous untoward unbecoming inopportune unsuited incongruent impertinent ill-considered incommensurate inexpedient inapt infelicitous malapropos unapt amiss unseemly inexpedience incompetence insufficiency inadequacy impropriety ineptitude indecency impertinence incorrectness inaptitude indispose uncalled for bad incorrect bum undue ineligible unsuitable ill wry inapplicable ill-suited unfitting unfitted unmeet unpregnant inequality indisposition infelicity
26 笨拙的
wooden agricultural awkward rustic clumsy bearish heavy-handed hulking ponderous ungainly gauche flat-footed ham-fisted balky elephantine lumpen maladroit ungraceful cussed clodhopping cloddish hobbledehoy shambly lead-footed cack-handed angular cumbersome uncoordinated spastic bungling gawky blundering savage left-handed unskilled splay uncouth dippy artless clownish graceless footless inapt unhandy hipshot all thumbs stern foremost vegetable hairy clunky untoward tactless unsubtle lumpish bull-headed heavy-footed galumphing awkwardly dense unwieldy fumbling awful bumbling skill-less cag-handed slow chuckle lousy ill bovine zany left-footed unskillful clumping knock-kneed corn-fed impolitic two-fisted ham-handed undiplomatic muddleheaded gawkish unapt unpolitic cubbish heavy
28 不称职的
29 不策略的
30 不适合的
wrong uncongenial unequal off-key inapposite unadapted unbefitting unaccommodated unconformable foreign inappropriate unqualified incongruous inopportune unsuited incongruent unadaptable unpregnant
31 不相宜的
32 不相称
inappropriate disproportionate unsuitable incongruous ill-fitting unsuited unfitting incommensurate mismated disparity
33 缺乏技巧的
35 傻
pinheaded fool silly foolish goofy lunatic daft ditzy dotty fatuous dippy besotted beggarly empty-headed spoony thick-skulled nitwitted tomfool
36 缺乏技巧
37 笨拙
cack-handed wooden awkward angular cumbersome clumsy heavy-handed uncoordinated spastic ungainly gauche bungling gawky blundering maladroit awkwardly clumsily ineptly ponderously maladroitly awkwardness ineptitude clumsiness savage left-handed unskilled splay ponderous uncouth dippy artless clownish graceless footless inapt unhandy hipshot inaptitude all thumbs stern foremost with a heavy hand hulking ham-fisted vegetable hairy clunky untoward tactless unsubtle lumpish elephantine bull-headed heavy-footed ungraceful cloddish deliberation gaucherie fall over oneself dense unwieldy fumbling be all fingers and thumbs be all thumbs awful bumbling skill-less cag-handed slow rustic chuckle lousy ill bovine zany flat-footed left-footed unskillful clumping knock-kneed corn-fed impolitic two-fisted ham-handed undiplomatic muddleheaded gawkish unapt unpolitic cubbish heavy fatly muff dullness maladdress for sour apples