ineptitude
noun
in·ep·ti·tude
(ˌ)i-ˈnep-tə-ˌtüd 
-ˌtyüd
: the quality or state of being inept
especially
: incompetence
Examples of ineptitude in a Sentence
The team's poor play is being blamed on the ineptitude of the coaching staff.
the nurse's ineptitude made it clear that she would be happier in a different line of work
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Long has another double-digit tackling game and the Rams defense plays decently in the first half, but the ineptitude of the CSU offense remains an Achilles’ heel.
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Kyle Newman, Denver Post, 7 Nov. 2025
The list of such ineptitude is long.
—Letters To The Editor, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Nov. 2025
They were ranked 27th in the league in defensive rating coming into the game, a tacitly unacceptable ineptitude for a team with Gobert in the paint.
—Jon Krawczynski, New York Times, 2 Nov. 2025
The sequence is a duet of official ineptitude, ending with Tara easily giving an entire MI5 surveillance team the slip and a piece of computer code shutting down all the monitors at Park.
—Scott Tobias, Vulture, 22 Oct. 2025
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Kyle Newman, Denver Post, 7 Nov. 2025
The list of such ineptitude is long.
—Letters To The Editor, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Nov. 2025
They were ranked 27th in the league in defensive rating coming into the game, a tacitly unacceptable ineptitude for a team with Gobert in the paint.
—Jon Krawczynski, New York Times, 2 Nov. 2025
The sequence is a duet of official ineptitude, ending with Tara easily giving an entire MI5 surveillance team the slip and a piece of computer code shutting down all the monitors at Park.
—Scott Tobias, Vulture, 22 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for ineptitude
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“Ineptitude.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ineptitude. Accessed 12 Nov. 2025.
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