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