inapt

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
inapt
    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}]
    
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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 Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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

    

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