inaptitude

Definition of inaptitudenext

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for inaptitude
Noun
  • Ben Jaggers finds motivation from an unfortunate disqualification that stifled his bid for a medal last year.
    Rick Cantu, Austin American Statesman, 21 Feb. 2026
  • Coventry has repeatedly said his disqualification was justified and based on the guidelines for athlete expression at the Olympics.
    ABC News, ABC News, 18 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • As for the district admininistrative employees, one was allowed to resign at her leisure, without consequences, and others remain employed despite their incompetence.
    Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 19 Feb. 2026
  • Why did incompetence feel like the right way in?
    Kennedy French, Variety, 18 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • One of the common threads in the investigation into the disappearance of Savannah Guthrie’s mom, Nancy, has been the police’s inability to confirm whether Nancy Guthrie was still alive.
    Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 19 Feb. 2026
  • The declaration was aimed at closing a dark chapter for the men and their families, and for a city that was shaken by the brutality of the crime and investigators' inability to solve it for decades.
    CBS News, CBS News, 19 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • The District Attorney’s Office said a finding of incompetency does not dismiss the case or result in a defendant’s release, and that proceedings will resume if Mock is later deemed competent.
    Stepheny Price, FOXNews.com, 16 Jan. 2026
  • Maybe that data suggests incompetency in the sporting director role.
    Ian Nicholas Quillen, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • But she eventually was removed on moral incapacity grounds, with lawmakers citing the high crime rate and corruption scandals.
    Franklin Briceño, Los Angeles Times, 17 Feb. 2026
  • 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, 30 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • The man’s a symptom of franchise ineptitude.
    Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 21 Feb. 2026
  • The entire episode reeks of everlasting ineptitude.
    Chris Perkins, Sun Sentinel, 17 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • 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
  • Those include epidural steroid injections for pain management, cervical fusion, diagnosis and treatment of impotence, and skin and tissue substitutes.
    Jillian Taylor, StateImpact, 16 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • Young far-right politicians may well understand that returning to the nation-state means choosing powerlessness.
    Joseph de Weck, The Atlantic, 17 Feb. 2026
  • What is this feeling of powerlessness?
    Gregg Goldstein, Variety, 17 Feb. 2026
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“Inaptitude.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inaptitude. Accessed 26 Feb. 2026.

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