inept
Meanings
Adjective Satellite
- not elegant or graceful in expression
- "if the rumor is true, can anything be more inept than to repeat it now?"
- generally incompetent and ineffectual
- "inept handling of the account"
- revealing lack of perceptiveness or judgment or finesse
- "an inept remark"
Adj
- Not able to do something; not proficient; displaying incompetence.
- Unfit; unsuitable.
Origin / Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French inepte, from Latin ineptus, from in- + aptus (whence English apt).
Scrabble Score: 7
inept is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL wordinept is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
inept is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 9
inept is a valid Words With Friends word