inept

/ˌɪnˈɛpt/ · 2 syllables

Meaning

adjective

1. not elegant or graceful in expression
   “an awkward prose style”
2. generally incompetent and ineffectual
   “feckless attempts to repair the plumbing”
3. revealing lack of perceptiveness or judgment or finesse
   “an inept remark”

Synonyms for inept

• awkward
• clumsy
• cumbersome
• inapt
• ill-chosen
• infelicitous
• feckless
• incompetent
• tactless
• maladroit

Words that rhyme with inept

• accept
• intercept
• adept
• except
• precept
• sept
• kept
• swept
• windswept
• crept
• leaped
• leapt
• overslept
• overstepped
• prepped
• sidestepped
• slept
• stepped
• wept