Meanings
comparative more inexpert · superlative most inexpert
- Inept or unskilled; not of expert ability or quality.
My inexpert attempts at repairing the hole with duct tape only made the problem worse.
Synonyms: amateurish, bungling, clumsy, maladroit, nonexpert · Antonyms: adept, professional, proficient, skillful
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveInept or unskilled; not of expert ability or quality.
nounAn inept or unskilled person.
More synonyms by meaning
adjectivelacking professional skill or expertise
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Latininexpertus
- Middle Frenchinexpert
- Middle Englishinexpert, inexperte
- Englishinexpert
From Middle English inexpert, inexperte, from in- (“not”) + expert, experte, or else from Middle French inexpert or its etymon Latin inexpertus. By surface analysis, in- (“not”) + expert.
More words from Middle English, Middle French, Latin
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian неумел, неопитен
- неумел (neumel)unskilled
- неопитен (neopiten)unskilled
Māori hakorea, rapa
- hakoreaunskilled
- rapaunskilled
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inexpert. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/inexpert
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