Hyphenation of inept

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word inept? This word can be hyphenated and contains 2 syllables as shown below.

in-ept

Definitions of inept:

1.	Not elegant or graceful in expression An awkward prose style A clumsy apology His cumbersome writing style If the rumor is true
2.	Can anything be more inept than to repeat it now?
3.	Generally incompetent and ineffectual Feckless attempts to repair the plumbing Inept handling of the account
4.	Revealing lack of perceptiveness or judgment or finesse An inept remark It was tactless to bring up those disagreeable

Synonyms of inept:

adj	awkward, clumsy, cumbersome, inapt, ill-chosen, infelicitous
adj	feckless, incompetent
adj	tactless, maladroit

Last hyphenations of this language

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The hyphen is a punctuation mark used to join words and to separate syllables of a single word. The use of hyphens is called hyphenation. The hyphen should not be confused with dashes, which are longer and have different uses, or with the minus sign, which is also longer in some contexts. Some words can be hyphenated in different places and you can use this website to find out where. Also reffered to as syllable counter and divider.