An incompetent person is “inept,” but dictionaries don’t include the word “ept.” They do have “apt,” though it means “likely,” and so its opposite, “inapt,” means “unlikely” rather than “unable.” “Inept” first arose around 1542, M-W says, probably as a variation of “inapt.” Similarly, we have “inane” but not “ane.” “Insipid” does have “sipid,” though M-W says that’s a backformation, meaning “insipid” was here first. Many words with the “in-” prefix have no modern counterparts. We “dissuade” someone of something, but we don’t “suade,” we “persuade.” “Per-” as a prefix comes from Latin “to complete,” and “suadere” is Latin for “to advise” or “to urge.” Somewhere, instead of removing a prefix, a different one was added. Some of these words have similar not-quite-opposites. But there is no positive word “combobulate.” Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary says “discombobulate,” first used in 1916, may be “an alteration of discompose,” which does have an opposite, “compose.” Take “discombobulate.” It means “upset,” “disorient,” “confuse,” all negative things. But some words seem to have crept into modern English with only their negative selves they left their positive roots behind, or never had them. Usually, you can remove the prefix and see what the “positive” is.
Add “dis-” to “invite,” and you’re not going to that party any more.
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