Definition of ineptitude
:the quality or state of being inept;
especially
:incompetence
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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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Their defensive ineptitude led to a five-error first inning—
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It is based on uplifting women, helping them to be seen as more than just a flat image of passive sexuality or entrepreneurial ineptitude, both of which are categorically untrue.
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Katrina was a catastrophe born of infuriating governmental ineptitude.
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And yet, ironically, the GOP’s complete, even historic, ineptitude has managed to work in the party’s favor — as the president might say — ‘
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Simple ineptitude is too quotidian for the goat; such players seem (in part due to savvy editing) to be almost confused as to the rules of the game.
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Shapiro suspected that his old friend had joined the forces that were sidelining him, a struggle that came to a head when a scathing article about Shapiro’s ineptitude and ego appeared in the New York Daily News.
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The week after losing to Michigan 59-3, the Terps were even more noncompetitive against the Buckeyes, assaulting the eyes and the senses with a display of ineptitude rarely shown by Ohio State opponents.
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Trying to get me interested in Joey Lawrence's basketball ineptitude is not.
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Origin and Etymology of ineptitude
Latin ineptitudo, from ineptus
ineptitude Synonyms
Synonyms
impotence, inadequacy, incapability, incapacity, incompetence, incompetency, inability, insufficiency, powerlessnessAntonyms
ability, adequacy, capability, capacity, competence, competency, potencyRelated Words
disqualification, inaptitude; ineffectiveness, ineffectuality, ineffectualness, inefficaciousness, inefficacy, inefficiencyNear Antonyms
aptitude, bent, endowment, flair, genius, gift, knack, talent; effectiveness, effectualness, efficaciousness, efficiency; fitness, suitability, suitableness; potency, power, puissance, sinew, strengthINEPTITUDE Defined for English Language Learners
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