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Inept vs Skillless - What's the difference?

inept | skillless |

As adjectives the difference between inept and skillless

is that inept is not able to do something; not proficient; displaying incompetence while skillless is without skill; unskilled, inept.

inept

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Not able to do something; not proficient; displaying incompetence
  • Unfit; unsuitable

    • Antonyms

    * adept * skillful

    Related terms

    * apt * aptitude

    skillless

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Without skill; unskilled, inept.
  • * 2000 , Muhammad Khalid Masud, Travellers in faith :
    • It may appear skillless for a preacher to snub the simple aspirations of his audience so brutally.
  • * 2005 , Juliana Essen, "Right development": the Santi Asoke Buddhist reform movement of Thailand :
    • The system taught children to be skillless , "big head but small hands."
  • * 2006 , David Salomon, Foundations of computer security :
    • Fool, someone not bright or skillless .

    Usage notes

    * The hyphenated spelling skill-less may be preferred by Americans in order to avoid the unusual run of three of the same letter.