Clues for the word "INEPT"
We've had 156 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 655 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Evening Standard Cryptic crossword on May 25, 2026.
Definition of inept
- a. - Not apt or fit; unfit; unsuitable; improper; unbecoming.
- a. - Silly; useless; nonsensical; absurd; foolish.
Referring Clues
- Bumbling
- Lacking the knack
- Bungling
- All thumbs
- Oafish
- Clueless
- Klutzy
- Handling badly
- Like a sad sack
- Ham-fisted
- Like a stumblebum
- Fumble-fingered
- Feckless
- Like the Keystone Kops
- Like a butterfingers
- Not up to the task
- Unable to do the job competently
- Clumsy as an ox
- Clumsy
- Unable to get the job done
- Prone to bungling
- Awkward
- Like a schlimazel
- Lacking skill
- Muddleheaded
- Unhandy
- Hardly handy
- Hapless
- Likely to bumble
- Not at all 57 Down
- Not competent
- Not at all skillful
- Like Inspector Clouseau
- Ham-handed
- Not very competent
- Incompetent
- Not at all handy
- Liable to bungle
- Useless
- Maladroit
- Less than competent
- Lacking required skills
- Not capable
- Likely to err
- Not skillful
- Hardly sure-handed
- Totally helpless
- Displaying no dexterity
- Likely to fumble
- Like a lummox
- Tending to bungle things
- Not able
- Uncoordinated
- Lumbering
- Graceless
- Foolish
- Like Wile E. Coyote
- Bungle-prone
- Unskilful
- Not up to it
- Not very talented
- Unskillful
- Skill-less
- Prone to goof-ups
- Blundering
- Very awkward
- Like klutzes
- Like Homer Simpson or Herman Munster
- Far from proficient
- Prone to goofs
- Not graceful
- Lacking dexterity
- Bad at one's job
- With no skill
- Accident-prone
- Butterfingered
- Clumsy, incompetent
- Like guitarist who's all thumbs
- Unsuitable
- Lacking any competence
- Hopelessly incapable
- It's useless putting catmint in it
- Write about city centre without bungling
- The clumsy article about prison is returned
- Getting the enclosure back into it is awkward
- In spilling a pint, one's sweetheart is pretty useless!
- No good at all in the point-to-point
- Clumsy - silly
- It's pointless to tip half the peas into a new tin
- Expected to fail in record time
- It's useless and absurd to be only partly penitent
- Hopeless
- I find the majority of the planet silly
- I'm awkward - and in record time
- Incompetent in English and games
- Fatuous reflection in Lent penitential season
- Silly
- Foolish writer retired in Italy
- Foolish one - majority of planet
- Useless writer turns up in it
- Like Charlie Brown
- Like the Pointy-Haired Boss in "Dilbert"
- Likely to botch the job
- Clumsy enough to spill a pint around closing time
- Awkward number not starting exercises
- Amateurish
- Incompetent at home with ill-treated pet
- Hopeless; bungling
- Unsuitable, it's holding writer up
- Incompetent writer rejected in it
- It holds writer back being cack-handed
- Home movie's last part lacking skill
- Popular point about English being awkward
- Clumsy point supporting penalty without force
- Clumsy bird of 17 is put back in it
- It's useless to pine foolishly for a perfect ending
- All thumbs, so to speak
- Without any skill
- Clumsy in disturbing a pet
- Totally unskilled
- Untalented
- Incapable
- Maladroit in noting a small point
- Useless patient not at treatment
- Liable to foul up
- It's awkward, swimming in the Serpentine!
- Not competent at all
- It's no good spilling a pint around closing time
- Far from skillful
- Far from handy
- Being so stupid can make you most penitent
- Fumbling
- Not at all competent
- Far from competent
- About due to finish, to spill a pint is useless
- Unskilled, incompetent
- Coop up in it, which is foolish
- Unsuitable use of some turpentine
- Prone to bumbling
- Having no skill
- Harsh word in a performance review
- Unskilled treatment of some pine trees
- Unskilled
- Being clumsy, it holds a pen awkwardly
- Liable to screw up
- To get some wine by the pint seems unsuitable
- Not at all proficient
- Not proficient
- To keep a broken pen in it, is absurd
- Like a schlemiel
- Utterly unskilled
- Unfit yet it goes around the pen
- Unqualified
- Far from skilled
- Incompetent record in tin production
- Unfit for the job
Last Seen In
- Evening Standard Cryptic - May 25, 2026
- New Zealand Herald - May 05, 2026
- New Zealand Herald - April 16, 2026
- Mirror Daily - April 09, 2026
- Evening Standard Quick - April 09, 2026
- Daily American - April 04, 2026
- Penny Dell Daily - March 30, 2026
- Your Life Choices - March 27, 2026
- Penny Dell Daily - March 21, 2026
- Penny Dell Daily - March 13, 2026
- Evening Standard Easy - February 20, 2026
- Daily American - February 20, 2026
- Mindfood Daily - February 13, 2026
- New York Times - February 04, 2026
- Mirror Daily - February 02, 2026
- Mindfood Daily - January 18, 2026
- Daily American - December 25, 2025
- Daily Quick - November 24, 2025
- Mirror Mini - November 21, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - November 04, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - October 29, 2025
- Mindfood Daily - October 21, 2025
- Your Life Choices - October 19, 2025
- Evening Standard Cryptic - October 13, 2025
- Your Life Choices - September 25, 2025
- Daily Quick - August 08, 2025
- Your Life Choices - August 03, 2025
- New York Times - July 23, 2025
- Mirror Daily - July 18, 2025
- New Zealand Herald - July 11, 2025
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