ineptitude
/ɪˈnɛp.tɪ.tjud/US/ɪˈnɛp.tɪ.t(j)ud/
ineptitude noun: the quality of being inept.
Noun
ineptitude (countable and uncountable, plural ineptitudes)
- The quality of being inept.
- The curse has been Spanish ineptitude feeding Gibraltarian intransigence. Border hold-ups are counterproductive to winning hearts and minds, as were blundering Argentinian landings on the outer Falklands.2013 August 14, Simon Jenkins, “Gibraltar and the Falklands deny the logic of history”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 22 Apr 2021
- An instance of being inept.
- He droned on with platitudes and ineptitudes while Malone whispered to Enid that if Alasha was a fair specimen of the population it was just as well that his native land was safely engulfed in the Atlantic Ocean.1925 July – 1926 May, A[rthur] Conan Doyle, “(please specify the chapter number)”, in The Land of Mist (eBook no. 0601351h.html), Australia: Project Gutenberg Australia, published April 2019
ineptitude meaning in Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
ineptitude in Tamil
- திறமையின்மை, கையாலாகாத்தனம், சொதப்பல்
ineptitude in Urdu
- اناڑی پن, بےتکا پن, نااہلیت, نالائقی
ineptitude in Bengali
- অদক্ষতা, অপটুতা, অনুপযুক্ততা
Examples of ineptitude in a sentence
- They mean much or nothing, and the humorist is alert to the ludicrous ineptitudes of wordmongery.
- Notwithstanding his apparent ineptitude, Carlos Sánchez has 88 caps for Colombia, who always give our nation's finest a stern test.
- The curse has been Spanish ineptitude feeding Gibraltarian intransigence.
Synonyms of ineptitude
Forms of ineptitude
| plural | ineptitudes |
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Origin of ineptitude
From Latin ineptitūdō. By surface analysis, inept + -itude.
Questions about ineptitude
- What does ineptitude mean?
- Ineptitude means the quality of being inept.
- What is ineptitude in Tamil?
- Ineptitude in Tamil is திறமையின்மை, கையாலாகாத்தனம், சொதப்பல். See Ineptitude meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is ineptitude?
- Ineptitude is a noun.
- How do you pronounce ineptitude?
- Ineptitude is pronounced /ɪˈnɛp.tɪ.tjud/ (UK).
- What is the plural of ineptitude?
- The plural of ineptitude is ineptitudes.
Words near ineptitude in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: ineptitude (page history and authors); ineptitude (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ineptitude (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); Ineptitude (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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