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
  • In the track events, there were three false starts, each of which typically means an automatic disqualification for the violator.
    — Zach Helfand, New Yorker, 13 July 2026
  • As Hayes climbed the ropes for a finisher, Baron Corbin appeared on the apron, threw him off for a disqualification, then dropped both men with End of Days.
    — Brian Mazique, Forbes.com, 11 July 2026
Definition of disqualification
Noun
  • Was the chaos in El Paso a matter of incompetence, impossible-to-meet deadlines, or something else entirely?
    — David Remnick, New Yorker, 13 July 2026
  • Both teams are eliminated from the tournament for incompetence.
    — Julian McKenzie, New York Times, 30 June 2026
Definition of incompetence
Noun
  • His complaints include Microsoft being the de facto root of trust for the entire UEFI platform, the inability of the protection to scale sufficiently, and the ability for components to boot even after top-level certificates expire.
    — Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 14 July 2026
  • While there are some drawbacks compared to traditional investments — such as its inability to earn dividends — there are several ways to add gold to your portfolio.
    — Liz Knueven, CNBC, 14 July 2026
Definition of inability
Noun
  • 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
  • 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
Definition of incompetency
Noun
  • My embodiment—paralysis—is conjured when trying to describe an inability, a lack, an incapacity.
    — Rebekah Taussig, Time, 7 July 2026
  • Under Missouri law, most mail ballots must be notarized before they can be counted, though voters casting absentee ballots for certain reasons, including incapacity, are exempt from that requirement.
    — Ben Wheeler, Kansas City Star, 7 July 2026
Definition of incapacity
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
Definition of ineptitude
Noun
  • The Iran and Gaza wars have thrown that absence and European strategic impotence into sharp relief.
    — Galip Dalay, Time, 7 July 2026
  • So imagine his feelings of impotence and rage when the boy is killed anyway, by an impossible arrow that finds its target through a tiny crack in a door and then, apparently, vanishes.
    — Jessica Kiang, Variety, 21 May 2026
Definition of impotence
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
Definition of powerlessness
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