Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Inept"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Inept \In*ept"\, a. [L. ineptus; prefix. in- not + aptus apt,
fit: cf. F. inepte. Cf. {Inapt}.]
1. Not apt or fit; unfit; unsuitable; improper; unbecoming.
The Aristotelian philosophy is inept for new
discoveries. --Glanvill.
2. Silly; useless; nonsensical; absurd; foolish.
To view attention as a special act of intelligence,
and to distinguish it from consciousness, is utterly
inept. --Sir W.
Hamilton.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
inept
adj 1: 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?" [syn: {awkward}, {clumsy},
{cumbersome}, {inapt}, {ill-chosen}]
2: generally incompetent and ineffectual; "feckless attempts to
repair the plumbing"; "inept handling of the account"
[syn: {feckless}]
3: revealing lack of perceptiveness or judgment or finesse; "an
inept remark"; "it was tactless to bring up those
disagreeable" [syn: {tactless}]
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