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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

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, inept, ill-chosen]

Merriam Webster's

adjective Date: circa 1670 not apt: a. not suitable <an inapt analogy> b. inept • inaptly adverb • inaptness noun

Oxford Reference Dictionary

adj. 1 not apt or suitable. 2 unskilful. Derivatives: inaptitude n. inaptly adv. inaptness n.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Inapt In*apt", a. [Pref. in- not + apt: cf. F. inapte. Cf. Inept.] Unapt; not apt; unsuitable; inept. -- In*apt"ly, adv. -- In*apt"ness, n.

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

a. 1. Unfit, unsuitable, unapt. See inapposite. 2. Unapt, dull, slow, stupid, stolid, clumsy.

Moby Thesaurus

artless, awkward, bad, banal, clumsy, flat, futile, gauche, half-assed, ill-adapted, ill-advised, ill-assorted, ill-chosen, ill-considered, ill-fitted, ill-matched, ill-sorted, ill-suited, ill-timed, impolitic, improper, inadept, inadmissible, inadvisable, inapplicable, inapposite, inappropriate, inattentive, incongruous, inefficient, inept, inexpedient, inexpert, infelicitous, inopportune, insipid, irrelevant, jejune, mal a propos, maladjusted, maladroit, malapropos, mediocre, misjoined, mismatched, mismated, misplaced, 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, pedestrian, poor, skill-less, thoughtless, unadapted, unapt, unbecoming, unbefitting, undeft, undesirable, undexterous, undextrous, undue, unfacile, unfit, unfitted, unfitting, unfortunate, unhandy, unhappy, unintelligent, unmeet, unproficient, unprofitable, unqualified, unseasonable, unseemly, unskillful, unsuitable, unsuited, untimely, unwise, wrong