as in inability
the lack of sufficient ability, power, or means
the nurse's ineptitude made it clear that she would be happier in a different line of work
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Recent Examples of ineptitude
The danger is very real, to be sure, but Ray and Manny’s comical ineptitude keeps it from getting too grim.
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Dave Nemetz, TVLine, 13 Mar. 2025
The Magic’s ineptitude puts them at a severe disadvantage on most nights.
—Josh Robbins, The Athletic, 25 Feb. 2025
But approaching last season’s ineptitude isn’t out of the realm of possibility.
—The Athletic Mlb Staff, The Athletic, 12 Feb. 2025
Long will play Bruce, a tech millionaire who is a mix of unjustified confidence and social ineptitude.
—Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 12 Feb. 2025
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Dave Nemetz, TVLine, 13 Mar. 2025
The Magic’s ineptitude puts them at a severe disadvantage on most nights.
—Josh Robbins, The Athletic, 25 Feb. 2025
But approaching last season’s ineptitude isn’t out of the realm of possibility.
—The Athletic Mlb Staff, The Athletic, 12 Feb. 2025
Long will play Bruce, a tech millionaire who is a mix of unjustified confidence and social ineptitude.
—Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 12 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ineptitude
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And yet, progress waits for no one—failing to adapt will lead to inefficiencies and an inability to meet evolving consumer demands, causing such banks to be left behind.—
Roman Eloshvili,
Forbes.com,
18 Apr. 2025
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And there’s a blunt, pulp poetry to Manny’s conclusion (if not a particularly sensitive one), driven to despair by an inability to live in the dissonant but very real space between one’s religious moral compass and the realities of one’s life.—
Andy Andersen,
Vulture,
18 Apr. 2025
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“Ineptitude.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ineptitude. Accessed 5 May. 2025.
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