The inept lab technician mislabeled several samples, causing the experiment's results to be discarded.
这个笨拙的实验室技术员贴错了几个样本标签，导致实验结果被丢弃。
Which choice best defines “inept”?
D — Clumsy; incompetent.. “inept” means Clumsy; incompetent..
Which word means “Clumsy; incompetent.”?
C — inept. “inept” means Clumsy; incompetent..
inept — Clumsy; incompetent.. In Chinese: 笨拙的；不称职的.
inept is pronounced //ɪˈnɛpt//.
The inept lab technician mislabeled several samples, causing the experiment's results to be discarded. (这个笨拙的实验室技术员贴错了几个样本标签，导致实验结果被丢弃。)
clumsy, incompetent, unskilled — all close in meaning to inept (Clumsy; incompetent.).
adept, competent — each the opposite of inept (Clumsy; incompetent.).
Yes. inept is on the SAT Prep Difficult list — the higher-register words that decide the hard questions. The Digital SAT does not test vocabulary in isolation; words like this one are tested through Words in Context questions, where you choose the word that completes a passage most logically and precisely.
in(不) + apt(合适) → 不在行。