INEPT

inept, tactless

(adjective) revealing lack of perceptiveness or judgment or finesse; “an inept remark”; “it was tactless to bring up those disagreeable”

feckless, inept

(adjective) generally incompetent and ineffectual; “feckless attempts to repair the plumbing”; “inept handling of the account”

awkward, clumsy, cumbersome, inapt, inept, ill-chosen

(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?”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Adjective

inept (comparative more inept, superlative most inept)

Not able to do something; not proficient; displaying incompetence.

Unfit; unsuitable.

Antonyms

• adept

• skillful

Anagrams

• nepit

Source: Wiktionary

In*ept", a. Etym: [L. ineptus; prefix. in- not + aptus apt, fit: cf. F. inepte. Cf. Inapt.]

1. Not apt or fit; unfit; unsuitable; improper; unbecoming. The Aristotelian philosophy is inept for new discoveries. Glanvill.

2. Silly; useless; nonsensical; absurd; foolish. To view attention as a special act of intelligence, and to distinguish it from consciousness, is utterly inept. Sir W. Hamilton.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition