Inapt

3 definitions found

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

  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.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  inapt
       adj : 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}, {inept}, {ill-chosen}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  89 Moby Thesaurus words for "inapt":
     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