Not up to the task
The crossword clue "Not up to the task" is answered by INEPT, a 5-letter entry. Used 12 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1999. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus.
The answer
INEPT
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the INEPT answer page.
Used 12 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1999. It appears in 5 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.
- INCAPABLE (3 uses in xd)
Other clues for INEPT
Every other clue in this collection answered by INEPT, most used first.
- Bumbling - used 171 times, most recently in 2026
- All thumbs - used 144 times, most recently in 2026
- Clumsy - used 100 times, most recently in 2026
- Bungling - used 52 times, most recently in 2026
- Klutzy - used 42 times, most recently in 2026
- Awkward - used 27 times, most recently in 2010
- Ham-handed - used 22 times, most recently in 2025
- Lacking skill - used 20 times, most recently in 2026
- Maladroit - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
- Incompetent - used 11 times, most recently in 2025
- Without any skill - used 11 times, most recently in 2025
- Hapless - used 10 times, most recently in 2023
- Like Inspector Clouseau - used 10 times, most recently in 2012
- Butterfingered - used 8 times, most recently in 2019
- Clueless - used 8 times, most recently in 2023
- Clumsy as an ox - used 8 times, most recently in 2017
- Hardly handy - used 8 times, most recently in 2023
- Lacking the knack - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
- Not competent - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
- Unskillful - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- Useless - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
- Ham-fisted - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
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.
- In the know - AWARE, used 356 times
- To the point - TERSE, used 194 times
- Take the wheel - STEER, used 188 times
- Not quite right - AMISS, used 181 times
- Cream of the crop - ELITE, used 175 times
- In the lead - AHEAD, used 166 times
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