inapt Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective satellite not elegant or graceful in expression
    awkward; inept; ill-chosen; clumsy; cumbersome.
    • 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?

WordNet

In*apt" adjective
Etymology
Pref. in- not + apt: cf. F. inapte. Cf. Inept.
Definitions
  1. Unapt; not apt; unsuitable; inept. -- In*apt"ly, adv. -- In*apt"ness, n.

Webster 1913