Lacking skill
The crossword clue "Lacking skill" is answered by INAPT, a 5-letter entry. Used 6 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2018; first recorded in 1966. It appears in 3 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
INAPT
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the INAPT answer page.
Used 6 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2018; first recorded in 1966. It appears in 3 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other answers for this clue
The same clue has also been answered these ways in the xd corpus. Answers inside this collection link to their own answer page.
- INEXPERT (2 uses in xd)
Other clues for INAPT
Every other clue in this collection answered by INAPT, most used first.
- Not suitable - used 65 times, most recently in 2026
- Unsuitable - used 50 times, most recently in 2026
- Not fitting - used 28 times, most recently in 2026
- Ill-suited - used 27 times, most recently in 2026
- Not appropriate - used 23 times, most recently in 2025
- Unfitting - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
- Out of place - used 9 times, most recently in 2023
- Unsuited - used 8 times, most recently in 2014
Related clues
Clues in this collection of the same answer length that share a word with this clue, or match its answer pattern when no word is shared. Most used first.
- Useful skill - ASSET, used 104 times
- Lacking sense - INANE, used 41 times
- Skill - CRAFT, used 22 times
- Lacking luster - MATTE, used 21 times
- Lacking skill - INEPT, used 20 times
- Lacking - OUTOF, used 14 times
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