'Inept' definitions:

Definition of 'inept'

(from WordNet)
adjective
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?" [syn: awkward, clumsy, cumbersome, inapt, inept, ill-chosen]
adjective
Generally incompetent and ineffectual; "feckless attempts to repair the plumbing"; "inept handling of the account" [syn: feckless, inept]
adjective
Revealing lack of perceptiveness or judgment or finesse; "an inept remark"; "it was tactless to bring up those disagreeable" [syn: inept, tactless]

Definition of 'Inept'

From: GCIDE
  • Inept \In*ept"\, a. [L. ineptus; prefix. in- not + aptus apt, fit: cf. F. inepte. Cf. Inapt.] [1913 Webster]
  • 1. Not apt or fit; unfit; unsuitable; improper; unbecoming. [1913 Webster]
  • The Aristotelian philosophy is inept for new discoveries. --Glanvill. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. Silly; useless; nonsensical; absurd; foolish. [1913 Webster]
  • To view attention as a special act of intelligence, and to distinguish it from consciousness, is utterly inept. --Sir W. Hamilton. [1913 Webster]

Synonyms of 'inept'

From: Moby Thesaurus

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