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

Words, words, words! They shut one off from the universe. Three quarters of the time one's never in contact with things, only with the beastly words that stand for them.
Aldous Huxley