Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Inept \In*ept"\, a. [L. ineptus; prefix. in- not + aptus apt,
   fit: cf. F. inepte. Cf. {Inapt}.]
   1. Not apt or fit; unfit; unsuitable; improper; unbecoming.

            The Aristotelian philosophy is inept for new
            discoveries.                          --Glanvill.

   2. Silly; useless; nonsensical; absurd; foolish.

            To view attention as a special act of intelligence,
            and to distinguish it from consciousness, is utterly
            inept.                                --Sir W.
                                                  Hamilton.

Source : WordNet®

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}]