adjective
- showing no skill; clumsy or incompetent
Examples
- The inept waiter spilled soup on three different customers.
- His inept handling of the situation made everything worse.
- She felt inept at using the new computer software.
- The team’s inept performance cost them the championship.
- Despite his good intentions, he was completely inept at cooking.
- The inept repair job left the roof still leaking.