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inept

adj
/ɪˈnɛpt/CA/ɪˈnept/

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French inepte, from Latin ineptus, from in- + aptus (whence English apt).

  1. derived from ineptus
  2. borrowed from inepte

Definitions

  1. Not able to do something

    Not able to do something; not proficient; displaying incompetence.

    • As a waiter, he was inept, so they put him in the kitchen.

  2. Unfit

    Unfit; unsuitable.

The neighborhood

Derived

ept, ineptitude, ineptly, ineptness

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at inept. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

01inept02unfit03physical04nature05careful06grief07misconduct08mismanage

A definitional loop anchored at inept. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

8 hops · closes at inept

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA