inept
adjective
[ ɪˈnɛpt ]
• having or showing no skill; clumsy.
• "the referee's inept handling of the match"
Similar:
incompetent,
unskilful,
unskilled,
inexpert,
amateurish,
crude,
rough,
clumsy,
awkward,
maladroit,
unhandy,
heavy-handed,
all thumbs,
bungling,
blundering,
bumbling,
botched,
unproductive,
unsuccessful,
ineffectual,
inadequate,
inferior,
substandard,
wanting,
lacking,
not up to scratch,
all fingers and thumbs,
cack-handed,
ham-fisted,
ham-handed,
butterfingered,
klutzy,
Origin:
mid 16th century (in the sense ‘not apt, unsuitable’): from Latin ineptus, from in- ‘not’ + aptus (see apt).
