inaptitude

Definition of inaptitudenext

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for inaptitude
Noun
  • Day Pitney has not yet responded to the potential disqualification in court, which has been set down tentatively for a hearing on March 16.
    Edmund H. Mahony, Hartford Courant, 7 Mar. 2026
  • 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, 6 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Her gleeful cruelty was matched only by the audacity of her incompetence.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 6 Mar. 2026
  • In all probability, Noem’s fatal error was not infidelity, incompetence, or self-enrichment.
    Jonathan Chait, The Atlantic, 5 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • The real Democratic failure lies not in having multiple candidates but in the party’s decades-long inability to develop Latino leaders as household names and frontrunners.
    Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 5 Mar. 2026
  • At its core, narcissism is defined by a lack of empathy—not just occasional selfishness, but a consistent inability or unwillingness to step into someone else’s world.
    Jenna Ryu, SELF, 5 Mar. 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
  • Noem was the public face of that disapproval, strutting forward with arrogance in the face of public censure, a veritable clown show of ineptitude.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 6 Mar. 2026
  • The man’s a symptom of franchise ineptitude.
    Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 21 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
  • Outcry is meant as an antidote to those feelings of powerlessness.
    Nina Metz, Chicago Tribune, 24 Feb. 2026
  • Young far-right politicians may well understand that returning to the nation-state means choosing powerlessness.
    Joseph de Weck, The Atlantic, 17 Feb. 2026
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“Inaptitude.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inaptitude. Accessed 12 Mar. 2026.

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