Associations to the word «Inept»

Wiktionary

INEPT, adjective. Not able to do something; not proficient; displaying incompetence
INEPT, adjective. Unfit; unsuitable

Dictionary definition

INEPT, 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?".
INEPT, adjective. Generally incompetent and ineffectual; "feckless attempts to repair the plumbing"; "inept handling of the account".
INEPT, adjective. Revealing lack of perceptiveness or judgment or finesse; "an inept remark"; "it was tactless to bring up those disagreeable".

Wise words

A word is not a crystal, transparent and unchanged; it is the skin of a living thought and may vary greatly in color and content according to the circumstances and time in which it is used.
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.