Inept — synonyms, definition

1. inept (a)

absurd amateurish anomalous awkward blundering bumbling bungling clumsy coarse dumb gauche gawky graceless heavy-handed helpless impotent inane inappropriate inapt incompetent • • •

2. inept (Noun)

dull foolish stupid thoughtless vacuous witless

3. inept (Adjective)

cumbersome feckless ill-chosen

inept (Adjective) — Not elegant or graceful in expression. ex. "if the rumour is true, can anything be more inept than to repeat it now?"

inept (Adjective) — Generally incompetent and ineffectual. ex. "inept handling of the account"

inept (Adjective) — Revealing lack of perceptiveness, judgment or finesse. ex. "an inept remark"