[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

inept \inept"\, a. l. ineptus; prefix. in- not + aptus apt,
   fit: cf. f. inepte. cf. inapt.
   1913 webster
   1. not apt or fit; unfit; unsuitable; improper; unbecoming.
      1913 webster

            the aristotelian philosophy is inept for new
            discoveries.                          --glanvill.
      1913 webster

   2. silly; useless; nonsensical; absurd; foolish.
      1913 webster

            to view attention as a special act of intelligence,
            and to distinguish it from consciousness, is utterly
            inept.                                --sir w.
                                                  hamilton.
      1913 webster
see also:
inapt 

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

inept
     adj 1: 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
     2: generally incompetent and ineffectual; "feckless attempts to
        repair the plumbing"; "inept handling of the account"
        syn: feckless
     3: revealing lack of perceptiveness or judgment or finesse; "an
        inept remark"; "it was tactless to bring up those
        disagreeable" syn: tactless
see also:
awkward clumsy cumbersome inapt ill-chosen feckless 
tactless 

[3] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

178 moby thesaurus words for "inept":
   apish, artless, asinine, awkward, bad, batty, befooled, beguiled,
   besotted, brainless, buffoonish, bumbling, bungling, clumsy,
   cockeyed, crazy, credulous, daffy, daft, dazed, dizzy, doting,
   dumb, fatuitous, fatuous, flaky, fond, fool, foolheaded, foolish,
   fuddled, futile, gaga, gauche, goofy, graceless, gulled,
   half-assed, halting, ham-handed, headless, idiotic, ignorant,
   ill-adapted, ill-advised, ill-assorted, ill-chosen, ill-considered,
   ill-fitted, ill-judged, ill-matched, ill-sorted, ill-suited,
   ill-timed, imbecile, impolitic, improper, imprudent, inadept,
   inadmissible, inadvisable, inane, inapplicable, inapposite,
   inappropriate, inapt, inattentive, incapable, incapable of,
   incompetent, incongruous, indiscreet, ineffective, inefficient,
   inexpedient, inexpert, infatuated, infelicitous, inferior,
   injudicious, inopportune, insane, insensate, irrational,
   irrelevant, kooky, lackbrained, lean-minded, lean-witted, loony,
   lumbering, mad, mal a propos, maladjusted, maladroit, malapropos,
   maudlin, mediocre, mindless, misguided, misjoined, mismatched,
   mismated, misplaced, moronic, not bright, nutty, of little brain,
   out of character, out of joint, out of keeping, out of line,
   out of place, out of proportion, out of season, out of time,
   out of tune, pea-brained, pedestrian, pin-brained, poor,
   reasonless, sappy, screwy, senseless, sentimental, silly,
   skill-less, slackminded, slackwitted, stupid, thoughtless, unable,
   unable to, unadapted, unadvised, unapt, unbecoming, unbefitting,
   undeft, undesirable, undexterous, undextrous, undiplomatic, undue,
   unendowed, unfacile, unfit, unfitted, unfitting, unfortunate,
   ungainly, ungifted, unhandy, unhappy, unintellectual,
   unintelligent, unmeet, unproficient, unprofitable, unqualified,
   unreasoning, unseasonable, unseemly, unskilled, unskillful,
   unsuitable, unsuited, untalented, unthinking, untimely, unwise,
   unworkmanlike, wacky, wet, witless, wooden, wrong

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