What does INEPT mean?

Definitions for INEPT
ɪnˈɛpt, ɪˈnɛptin·ept

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. awkward, clumsy, cumbersome, inapt, inept, ill-chosenadjective

    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. feckless, ineptadjective

    generally incompetent and ineffectual

    "feckless attempts to repair the plumbing"; "inept handling of the account"

  3. inept, tactlessadjective

    revealing lack of perceptiveness or judgment or finesse

    "an inept remark"; "it was tactless to bring up those disagreeable"

Wiktionary

  1. ineptadjective

    Not able to do something; not proficient; displaying incompetence

  2. ineptadjective

    Unfit; unsuitable

  3. Etymology: From inepte

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Ineptadjective

    Unfit; useless; trifling; foolish.

    Etymology: ineptus, Lat.

    The works of nature, being neither useless nor inept, must be guided by some principle of knowledge. More.

    After their various unsuccessful ways,
    Their fruitless labour, and inept essays,
    No cause of these appearances they'll find,
    But power exerted by th' Eternal Mind. Richard Blackmore.

    When the upper and vegetative stratum was once washed off by rains, the hills would have become barren, the strata below yielding only mere sterile matter, such as was wholly inept and improper for the formation of vegetables. John Woodward.

Wikipedia

  1. inept

    Insensitive nuclei enhancement by polarization transfer (INEPT) is a signal enhancement method used in NMR spectroscopy. It involves the transfer of nuclear spin polarization from spins with large Boltzmann population differences to nuclear spins of interest with lower Boltzmann population differences. INEPT uses J-coupling for the polarization transfer in contrast to Nuclear Overhauser effect (NOE), which arises from dipolar cross-relaxation. This method of signal enhancement was introduced by Ray Freeman in 1979. Due to its usefulness in signal enhancement, pulse sequences used in heteronuclear NMR experiments often contain blocks of INEPT or INEPT-like sequences.

ChatGPT

  1. inept

    Inept generally refers to someone or something that lacks the skill, ability, or competence to perform a task or role effectively. It can also describe actions, words or behavior that are awkward, clumsy, or inappropriate in a certain context.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Ineptadjective

    not apt or fit; unfit; unsuitable; improper; unbecoming

  2. Ineptadjective

    silly; useless; nonsensical; absurd; foolish

  3. Etymology: [L. ineptus; prefix. in- not + aptus apt, fit: cf. F. inepte. Cf. Inapt.]

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Inept

    in-ept′, adj. not apt or fit: unsuitable: foolish: inexpert.—ns. Inept′itūde, Inept′ness.—adv. Inept′ly. [Fr.,—L. ineptusin, not, aptus, apt.]

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of INEPT in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of INEPT in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of INEPT in a Sentence

  1. Soli Ozel:

    They were so inept as a collective after June 7, this opposition will not be able to pull itself together for a long time.

  2. Paul Graham, September 2004:

    Dressing up is inevitably a substitute for good ideas. It is no coincidence that technically inept business types are known as "suits."

  3. Jenny Palmiotto:

    I immediately said yes, it must be so different to live in a world where people assume that … you are inept or incapable of having a relationship, or maybe even don’t want one. That’s really contrary to my clinical practice and even all of the available relational research to date.

  4. The Dawn Project:

    With deceptive marketing and woefully inept engineering.

  5. Carlos Rotondaro:

    I'm not a traitor, I'm loyal to fatherland, my oath (of military service) did not include defending a corrupt and inept government.

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