inept
/ɪˈnɛpt/
US pronunciation
American sound/ɪˈnɛpt/
ɪˈnɛpt
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- 2 syllables
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- 2nd syllable stress
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- Short i vowel
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ɪ - ˈnɛpt -> inept
Myanmar meaning
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inept / Ç'nept / adj ~ (at sth / doing sth )
မပိုင်သော။ အသုံး မကျသော။
his inept handling of the crisis ❍ a ludicrously / pitifully inept piece of journalism
❍ I've never heard anyone so inept at making speeches.
❑ ineptitude / Ç'neptÇtju:d; US -tu:d / n [U] မကျွမ်းကျင်မှု။ မလိမ္မာခြင်း။ ရှော်ခြင်း။
the bungling ineptitude of the police on this occasion ❍ sheer political ineptitude.
ineptly adv
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incompetent, inexpert, clumsy, ham-fisted, useless, hopeless, bungling, heavy-handed, unskilled, absurd, all thumbs, artless, awkward, bumbling, butterfingers, gauche, halting, ham-handed, ill-timed, inadept, inappropriate, inapt, incapable, inefficient, infelicitous, loser, maladroit, malapropos, meaningless, not adapted, out of place, pointless, ridiculous, unapt, undexterous, undue, unfacile, unfit, ungraceful, unhandy, unproficient, unseasonable, unseemly, unskilled; incompetent, unskillful, unsuitable, wooden
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