If someone is inept, they are not good at the thing they are trying to do — clumsy, awkward, or simply the wrong person for the job. You can call a person inept (an inept leader) or a single try inept (an inept attempt to fix the tap).

If someone is inept如果某人是inept(笨拙、無能)的，they are not good at the thing they are trying to do他們不擅長自己正在做的那件事——clumsy, awkward, or simply the wrong person for the job笨手笨腳、不靈光，或根本就是不適合做這件事的人。You can call a person inept你可以說一個人是inept的（an inept leader一個無能的領導者），or a single try inept或說單一一次嘗試是inept的（an inept attempt to fix the tap一次笨拙的修水龍頭嘗試）。

It is not a kind word: it judges the skill, and often the person. It is fairly formal; in speech people more often say no good at it, useless at it, or clumsy.

It這 is not a kind word不是一個友善的詞：it judges the skill它評判的是能力，and often the person而且常常也評判這個人。It它 is fairly formal相當正式；in speech在口語裡，people more often say人們更常說 no good at it, useless at it, or clumsy不擅長、沒用，或笨手笨腳。

Though actually, inept is harsher than “not very skilled.” It often hints that the person should not be doing this at all. Do not pair it in your head with adept (skilled) as a neat opposite: they look like a pair, but they did not grow from the same word, and inept is ruder than “not adept.”

Though actually不過事實上，inept比「not very skilled不太熟練」更嚴厲(harsher than)。It它 often hints常常暗示著 that the person should not be doing this at all這個人根本就不該做這件事。Do not pair it in your head with adept (skilled) as a neat opposite不要在腦中把它和adept（靈巧的）配成一組工整的反義詞：they look like a pair它們看起來像一對，but they did not grow from the same word但它們並不是從同一個字長出來的，and inept is ruder than "not adept"而且inept比「不adept」還要更不客氣。