inaptitude

Definition of inaptitudenext

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Noun
  • Failure to respond within the required timeframe may result in disqualification and selection of an alternate winner, in Sponsor’s sole discretion.
    AJC.com, AJC.com, 30 June 2026
  • Any attempt by a participant, or any other person, to participate using more than one rescue dog/pet, using any method, may result in disqualification by Sponsor, in its sole discretion.
    Kelli Bender, PEOPLE, 25 June 2026
Noun
  • The most serious charges — which included incompetence, negligence and failure of duty — were dismissed.
    Alene Tchekmedyian, Los Angeles Times, 17 June 2026
  • There is where their incompetence comes in.
    Sean Krofssik, Hartford Courant, 16 June 2026
Noun
  • This move follows a successful loan spell at Monaco and his inability to impress new coach Hansi Flick.
    Tom Sanderson, Forbes.com, 30 June 2026
  • The ripple effect of food insecurity around the world from Ukraine’s inability to ship its normally massive grain crops.
    Jan Ellen Spiegel, Hartford Courant, 29 June 2026
Noun
  • Federal agents have descended upon the home of Cindy Rodriguez Singh, the North Texas mom who was recently sent to a state hospital after an incompetency ruling in the murder of her young son.
    Matthew Ablon, CBS News, 12 May 2026
  • The longer the delay, the more the system risks turning temporary incompetency into long-term confinement.
    Stephen Martin, Oklahoma Watch, 30 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • This definition also includes instance in which the victim is incapable of giving consent because of temporary or permanent mental or physical incapacity (include due to the influence of drugs or alcohol) or because of age.
    Baltimore Sun staff, Baltimore Sun, 12 June 2026
  • Immortality would also be lost on Stoyte, who rivals the carp in his mindless incapacity to notice anything interesting.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 21 May 2026
Noun
  • Adding to the increasingly humiliating position in which the administration has put itself, the mayor got called out by Stonepeak for ineptitude.
    The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 26 June 2026
  • Torn between the seriousness of violence, and the comedy of failure and ineptitude, most directors find a way out of this conundrum by resorting to extremely dark humor.
    Elena Lazic, Variety, 26 June 2026
Noun
  • Decadence is sensuality and impotence, opulence and decay.
    Olivia Kan-Sperling, Artforum, 2 May 2026
  • But these songs are also honest, sometimes despite themselves, about the feelings of impotence associated with watching history play out on a screen.
    Mitch Therieau, New Yorker, 7 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • This sense of powerlessness, too, is a genuine aspect of a poet’s reality.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 26 June 2026
  • As far as going through life’s grand stages is concerned, this has been a double-whammy of pain and powerlessness.
    Eric Koreen, New York Times, 21 June 2026
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“Inaptitude.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inaptitude. Accessed 3 Jul. 2026.

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