a. [ L. ineptus; prefix. in- not + aptus apt, fit: cf. F. inepte. Cf. Inapt. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
The Aristotelian philosophy is inept for new discoveries. Glanvill. [ 1913 Webster ]
To view attention as a special act of intelligence, and to distinguish it from consciousness, is utterly inept. Sir W. Hamilton. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ L. ineptitudo. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
That ineptitude for society, which is frequently the fault of us scholars. Tatler. [ 1913 Webster ]
adv. Unfitly; unsuitably; awkwardly. [ 1913 Webster ]
None of them are made foolishly or ineptly. Dr. H. More. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. Unfitness; ineptitude. [ 1913 Webster ]
The feebleness and miserable ineptness of infancy. Dr. H. More. [ 1913 Webster ]