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 ]
generally incompetent and ineffectual; feckless attempts to repair the plumbing; inept handling of the account
[ Syn: feckless ]
revealing lack of perceptiveness or judgment or finesse; an inept remark; it was tactless to bring up those disagreeable
[ Syn: tactless ]