inept

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French inepte, from Latin ineptus, from in- + aptus (whence English apt).

adj

  1. Not able to do something; not proficient; displaying incompetence.
    As a waiter, he was inept, so they put him in the kitchen.
  2. Unfit; unsuitable.

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