inaptitude

noun

Definition of inaptitudenext
as in disqualification

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for inaptitude
  1. disqualification
  2. incompetence
  3. inability
  4. incompetency
  5. incapacity
  6. ineptitude
  7. impotence
  8. powerlessness
Noun
  • Lastly, owners also approved a change to allow league personnel to consult with on-field officials regarding flagrant football acts and non-football acts that aren’t called on the field and could lead to disqualification.
    — Jayna Bardahl, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2026
  • Failure to comply with the rules would result in disqualification for contestants.
    — Andrea Flores, Los Angeles Times, 31 Aug. 2026
Definition of disqualification
Noun
  • Connecticut State Colleges and Universities has been revealed as a nest of incompetence in its powerful central office.
    — Kevin Rennie, Hartford Courant, 26 Sep. 2026
  • At the start of the 1986-87 season, a combination of previous boardroom incompetence and broader economics saw Middlesbrough not just in the Third Division, but with their ground, Ayresome Park, padlocked.
    — Michael Walker, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2026
Definition of incompetence
Noun
  • During his time in Seattle, Richard Sherman was infamous for his inability to ever take accountability for his wrongdoing.
    — Matt Calkins OutKick, FOXNews.com, 29 Sep. 2026
  • A week ago, the Chiefs blamed their lack of pass rush on an inability to force third-and-distance spots.
    — Sam McDowell, Kansas City Star, 27 Sep. 2026
Definition of inability
Noun
  • Court records show DeFoor has a history of criminal cases involving findings of mental incompetency.
    — Bonny Chu, FOXNews.com, 2 Sep. 2026
  • Those forms are not pertinent to the finding of incompetency and are therefore subject to the open records law, Ziegler and Bradley wrote.
    — Scott Bauer, Los Angeles Times, 7 July 2026
Definition of incompetency
Noun
  • Estate planning, including wills and powers of attorney, is vital to ensure wishes are honored during incapacity or death.
    — Cicely Jones, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2026
  • Many childless Americans also don't have plans in case of incapacity or death.
    — Medora Lee, USA Today, 22 Aug. 2026
Definition of incapacity
Noun
  • Cregger and co-screenwriter Shay Hatten (John Wick Chapter 4) make a running gag out of Bryan’s attempts to aid people that go nearly fatally awry, as well as his ineptitude with guns and extremely bad luck trying to shoot off padlocks.
    — Frank Scheck, HollywoodReporter, 16 Sep. 2026
  • There are a handful of bad teams in the NFL, but no team has the combination of ineptitude and lack of direction like the Browns.
    — Saad Yousuf, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2026
Definition of ineptitude
Noun
  • In the diaries, Pavese casts his impotence into a kind of worldview.
    — Max Norman, Harpers Magazine, 22 Sep. 2026
  • According to reports, Brinkley would inject slivers of Billy goat gonads into human scrotums as a cure for impotence.
    — Richard Wagoner, Daily News, 7 Sep. 2026
Definition of impotence
Noun
  • New characters are introduced, many interesting details are offered, yet the narration never loses its focus, every sentence adding to the characters’ mounting sense of powerlessness in the face of such a tragic death.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 18 Sep. 2026
  • This atmosphere of collective powerlessness offers one explanation for the conspiratorial thinking at the heart of Lamar versus Drake.
    — Jeff Ihaza, Rolling Stone, 14 Sep. 2026
Definition of powerlessness
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