Inept
Crossword Clue and Answers

Crossword Answers

4 letters

POOR
People without possessions or wealth (considered as a group); "the urban poor need assistance"

5 letters

INAPT
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?"

SILLY
Inspiring scornful pity; "how silly an ardent and unsuccessful wooer can be especially if he is getting on in years"- Dashiell Hammett

UNFIT
Not in good physical or mental condition; out of condition; "fat and very unfit"; "certified as unfit for army service"; "drunk and unfit for service"

6 letters

POORAT

FUTILE
Unproductive of success; "a fruitless search"; "futile years after her artistic peak"; "a sleeveless errand"; "a vain attempt"

OAFISH
Ill-mannered and coarse and contemptible in behavior or appearance; "was boorish and insensitive"; "the loutish manners of a bully"; "her stupid oafish husband"; "aristocratic contempt for the swinish multitude"

CLUMSY
Showing lack of skill or aptitude; "a bungling workman"; "did a clumsy job"; "his fumbling attempt to put up a shelf"

GAUCHE
Lacking social polish; "too gauche to leave the room when the conversation became intimate"; "their excellent manners always made me feel gauche"

7 letters

HAPLESS
Deserving or inciting pity; "a hapless victim"; "miserable victims of war"; "the shabby room struck her as extraordinarily pathetic"- Galsworthy; "piteous appeals for help"; "pitiable homeless children"; "a pitiful fate"; "Oh, you poor thing"; "his poor distorted limbs"; "a wretched life"

AWKWARD
Socially uncomfortable; unsure and constrained in manner; "awkward and reserved at parties"; "ill at ease among eddies of people he didn't know"; "was always uneasy with strangers"

FATUOUS
Devoid of intelligence

FOOLISH
Devoid of good sense or judgment; "foolish remarks"; "a foolish decision"

USELESS
Having no beneficial use or incapable of functioning usefully; "a kitchen full of useless gadgets"; "she is useless in an emergency"

8 letters

HOPELESS
Certain to fail; "the situation is hopeless"

BUMBLING
Lacking physical movement skills, especially with the hands; "a bumbling mechanic"; "a bungling performance"; "ham-handed governmental interference"; "could scarcely empty a scuttle of ashes, so handless was the poor creature"- Mary H. Vorse

BUNGLING
Lacking physical movement skills, especially with the hands; "a bumbling mechanic"; "a bungling performance"; "ham-handed governmental interference"; "could scarcely empty a scuttle of ashes, so handless was the poor creature"- Mary H. Vorse

TACTLESS
Revealing lack of perceptiveness or judgment or finesse; "an inept remark"; "it was tactless to bring up those disagreeable"

FECKLESS
Generally incompetent and ineffectual; "feckless attempts to repair the plumbing"; "inept handling of the account"

9 letters

MALADROIT
Not adroit; "a maladroit movement of his hand caused the car to swerve"; "a maladroit translation"; "maladroit propaganda"

ILLCHOSEN

UNSKILFUL

10 letters

UNSUITABLE
Not meant or adapted for a particular purpose; "a solvent unsuitable for use on wood surfaces"

CUMBERSOME
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?"

AMATEURISH
Lacking professional skill or expertise; "a very amateurish job"; "inexpert but conscientious efforts"; "an unskilled painting"

BLUNDERING

11 letters

INCOMPETENT
Not qualified or suited for a purpose; "an incompetent secret service"; "the filming was hopeless incompetent"

NOTSUITABLE

13 letters

INAPPROPRIATE
Not suitable for a particular occasion etc; "noise seems inappropriate at a time of sadness"; "inappropriate shoes for a walk on the beach"; "put inappropriate pressure on them"