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inept

How many syllables in inept?

  2 syllables

Divide inept into syllables:   in-ept
Stressed syllable in inept:   in-ept
How to say inept:

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Synonyms for inept


1 syllable
  • gauche
    2 syllables
    • awkward
    • bungling
    • hopeless
    • unfit
    • useless
    3 syllables
    4 syllables
    5 syllables
      6 syllables
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        What rhymes with inept

        1 syllable
        • crept
        • leaped
        • prepped
        • slept
        • stepped
        • wep
        • kept
        • leapt
        • Sept
        • slete
        • swept
        2 syllables
        • accept
        • backswept
        • except
        • precept
        • upswept
        • yclept
        • adept
        • concept
        • percept
        • transept
        • windswept
        3 syllables
        5 syllables
          6 syllables
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