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 ]