Adjective: inept in'ept
- Generally incompetent and ineffectual
"inept handling of the account";
- feckless
- Not elegant or graceful in expression
"if the rumour is true, can anything be more inept than to repeat it now?";
- awkward, clumsy, cumbersome, inapt, ill-chosen, clunky [informal]
- Showing poor judgment or lacking skill in handling situations; socially incompetent
"an inept remark";
- tactless
See also: incompetent, infelicitous, maladroit
Encyclopedia: Inept