inept

(adjective)

adjective

1. not elegant or graceful in expression

- if the rumor is true, can anything be more inept than to repeat it now?

Similar word(s): infelicitous, awkward, clumsy, cumbersome, inapt

2. generally incompetent and ineffectual

- inept handling of the account

Similar word(s): incompetent, feckless

3. revealing lack of perceptiveness or judgment or finesse

- an inept remark

Similar word(s): maladroit, tactless