inaptitude

Definition of inaptitudenext

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Noun
  • 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
  • Supervisors asked candidates about a recent California Supreme Court ruling that criticized Yolo County prosecutors’ use of a judicial disqualification rule to have cases reassigned from the county’s sole Latina judge, leading to allegations of discrimination.
    Daniel Lempres, Sacbee.com, 23 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
  • On Tuesday, protesters were asked to bring diapers and write demands for Pradhan’s resignation on them – a satirical swipe at the government’s inability to stop exam leaks, Dipke said.
    Rhea Mogul, CNN Money, 26 June 2026
  • This latest collapse, one where the bullpen allowed seven runs over three innings and Caleb Kilian allowed four in the ninth, serves as the latest example of the front office’s inability to reinforce a bullpen that needed reinforcements this winter.
    Justice delos Santos, Mercury News, 25 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
  • Ishiguro does not see acceptance of powerlessness as inherently a tragedy.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 22 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 30 Jun. 2026.

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