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inept (adj.)
c. 1600, from Old French
inepte
(14c.) or directly from Latin
ineptus
"unsuitable, improper, absurd, awkward, silly, tactless," from
in-
"not, opposite of" (see
in-
(1)) +
aptus
"apt" (see
apt
). Related:
Ineptly
;
ineptness
.