Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The quality of being inept; ineptness.
- noun An inept act or remark.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The quality or state of being inept; lack of aptness or adaptation; unfitness; unsuitableness; inaptitude; foolishness.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The quality of being inept; unfitness; inaptitude; unsuitableness.
- noun Absurdity; nonsense; foolishness.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The quality of being
inept .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun unskillfulness resulting from a lack of training
- noun having no qualities that would render it valuable or useful
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Examples
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Mr. Kan's critics say the answers are being delayed by what they characterize as his ineptitude, and say the only solution is to force him out.
Tsunami Zone Residents Scorn Tokyo Jockeying Daisuke Wakabayashi 2011
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Mr. Kan's critics say the answers are being delayed by what they characterize as his ineptitude, and say the only solution is to force him out.
Tsunami Zone Residents Scorn Tokyo Jockeying Daisuke Wakabayashi 2011
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He left the Kimberley Process in protest last year, because of what he called ineptitude and hypocrisy among some member states, and he named South Africa, Russia, China and India as countries which undermined the certification process.
The Bearded Man Robb WJ Ellis 2010
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That kind of ineptitude is clearly a NeoCon republican specific trait!
Think Progress » Bush Administration Pushes False Propaganda, Condemns It 2005
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That kind of ineptitude is clearly a NeoCon republican specific trait!
Think Progress » From “Mission Accomplished” to “Tough Days Ahead” 2005
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That kind of ineptitude is clearly a NeoCon republican specific trait!
Think Progress » Rapid Response: Deconstructing the “National Strategy for Victory in Iraq” 2005
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That kind of ineptitude is clearly a NeoCon republican specific trait!
Think Progress » On Today Show, O’Reilly Compares Murtha With Hitler Sympathizers 2005
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I have been with Telstra for 24 months now, their severe ineptitude is amazing.
Telstra Bill Glitches Drive Dealers, Customers To Despair | Lifehacker Australia 2009
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Social ineptitude is exclusively for the geeks, like the geek squad.
Venn Diagram: The Difference Between Geek, Nerd, Dork and Dweeb | /Film 2010
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Todd's slapstick ineptitude is surpassed only by his wacky lies, which compound his mishaps into an international incident.
Roush Review: The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Todd Margaret 2010
rolig commented on the word ineptitude
Citation at cleansed.
December 14, 2008
natalie_portmanteaux commented on the word ineptitude
Ineptitude, a portmanteau of inept and aptitude.
March 8, 2020