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8 definitions found for ineptitude
Ineptitude INEPT'ITUDE, n. Unfitness; inaptitude; unsuitableness;
as an ineptitude to motion.
ineptitude
n 1: unskillfulness resulting from a lack of training [syn:
awkwardness, clumsiness, ineptness, ineptitude,
maladroitness, slowness]
2: having no qualities that would render it valuable or useful;
"the drill sergeant's intent was to convince all the recruits
of their worthlessness" [syn: worthlessness, ineptitude]
[ant: worth]
| Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, 11th Edition (2003) |
ineptitude noun
Etymology: Latin ineptitudo, from ineptus Date:
1615
the quality or state of being inept; especially incompetence
| Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary |
ineptitude
If you refer to someone's ineptitude, you are criticizing them because they do something
with a complete lack of skill.
...the tactical ineptitude of the allied commander.
≠ skill
N-UNCOUNT [disapproval]
| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) |
Ineptitude In*ept"i*tude, n. [L. ineptitudo.]
1. The quality of being inept; unfitness; inaptitude;
unsuitableness.
That ineptitude for society, which is frequently the
fault of us scholars. --Tatler.
2. Absurdity; nonsense; foolishness.
| Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms |
ineptitude
n.
1. Unfitness, unsuitableness, inaptitude, inappropriateness, impropriety, inappositeness.
2. Uselessness, worthlessness, emptiness, nullity.
3. Folly, foolishness, nonsense, silliness, senselessness, stupidity, pointlessness.
| English Explanatory Dictionary (Synonyms) |
ineptitude
ɪˈneptɪtju:d n.
1 ineptness, clumsiness, awkwardness, maladroitness, ungainliness, gaucherie, incompetence,
inefficiency, unfitness, unsuitableness: He displays a remarkable ineptitude for the pronunciation
of French.
2 inappropriateness, inaptness, absurdity, unsuitability, unseemliness: The ineptitude
of her comments embarrasses everyone.
| Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 |
113 Moby Thesaurus words for "ineptitude":
Urdummheit, absurdity, asininity, awkwardness, battiness,
brainlessness, buffoonery, clownishness, clumsiness,
crackpottedness, crankiness, craziness, daffiness, desipience,
disability, disablement, disqualification, eccentricity, fatuity,
fatuousness, folly, foolery, foolheadedness, foolishness,
frivolity, frivolousness, futility, gaucherie, giddiness,
goofiness, idiocy, ignorance, imbecility, impoliticalness,
impoliticness, inability, inadequacy, inadvisability, inanity,
inappropriateness, inaptitude, inaptness, incapability,
incapacitation, incapacity, incompetence, incompetency,
incongruity, inconvenience, inconveniency, inefficiency, ineptness,
inexpedience, inexpediency, infancy, infelicity, inferiority,
inopportuneness, insanity, insufficiency, irrationality,
lackbrainedness, lackwittedness, legal incapacity, low IQ, lunacy,
madness, maladroitness, mental weakness, mindlessness, minority,
niaiserie, nugacity, nuttiness, primal stupidity, queerness,
reasonlessness, sappiness, screwiness, senselessness, silliness,
slackmindedness, slackwittedness, stupidity, thoughtlessness,
triflingness, triviality, undesirability, unfitness, unfittingness,
unfortunateness, ungainliness, unintellectuality, unintelligence,
unmeetness, unprofitability, unprofitableness, unseasonableness,
unseemliness, unsuitability, unsuitableness, untimeliness,
unwisdom, unwiseness, uselessness, wackiness, wardship, weirdness,
witlessness, worthlessness, wrongness, zaniness, zanyism
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