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How to use ineptitude in a sentence

12 example sentences · noun

Ineptitude means the quality of being inept. Example: “The curse has been Spanish ineptitude feeding Gibraltarian intransigence.”

Examples of ineptitude by meaning

nounThe quality of being inept.

  • The curse has been Spanish ineptitude feeding Gibraltarian intransigence.2013 August 14, Simon Jenkins, “Gibraltar and the Falklands deny the logic of history”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 22...

nounAn 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)...

More sentences with ineptitude

  • They mean much or nothing, and the humorist is alert to the ludicrous ineptitudes of wordmongery.1949, William George Hoffman, Public Speaking for Businessmen, page 354. From the entry wordmongery
  • Notwithstanding his apparent ineptitude, Carlos Sánchez has 88 caps for Colombia, who always give our nation's finest a stern test.2023 January 9, Paul Brand, Fortune's Always Hiding: From Stratford to Seville, Pitch Publishing Limited, →ISBN. From the entry steal a living
  • The shilly-shallying performance on domestic issues that has marked Bush's first two years in office is not the result of ineptitude.1991 January 7, Michael Duffy, “The Two George Bushes: At Home—A Case of Doing Nothing”, in Time. From the entry shilly-shally
  • In the five hebdomadal minutes remaining (usually on Saturday night), it would suddenly leap on tyrannosaurus regina with terrible ineptitude.1982 July 21, Alan Coren, “A Short History”, in Punch, volume 283, number 7392, page 77. From the entry Tyrannosaurus regina
  • The trouble still lies, as it did in the Happy Valley, in the mental ineptitude and moral weakness of the characters.1961 Fall, John M. Aden, “"Rasselas" and "The Vanity of Human Wishes"”, in Criticism, volume 3, number 4, page 300. From the entry ingenu
  • Hastily adapted by slovenly hacks, their librettos (often witty in the original) became incredible farragos of metreless doggrel and punning ineptitude.1911, “Drama, 11f: Modern English Drama”, in Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition. From the entry farrago
  • If women are showing "technological ineptitude" and are "disinclined towards technology" by showing an "unwill" to co-operate technologically, does this merely indicate stupidity?2009, Amanda du Preez, Gendered Bodies and New Technologies. From the entry unwill
  • So, I tried to keep the Gaelic to a minimum and even the accents as well because I did not want to massacre a beautiful language with my ineptitude.2020, Elina Emerald, “Author Notes”, in Betrothed to the Beast (Reformed Rogues), FSES Taito, →ISBN, unnumbered page. From the entry Duolingo
  • The Knicks’ prebreak ineptitude appeared set to continue on the game’s first possession, which ended with a shot-clock violation as Jamal Crawford air-balled a desperate 3-pointer.2008 February 20, Mike Ogle, “Well-Rested Knicks Show Some Fight in Overtime”, in New York Times. From the entry prebreak
  • That is still quite understandable to us, but in its bareness and occasional ineptitudes it seems halfway back to the limitations and lumberingness of Early English or Gothic.1933 September, H[erbert] G[eorge] Wells, “Language and Mental Growth”, in The Shape of Things to Come, 1st American edition, New York…. From the entry lumberingness

Meaning of ineptitude

  1. noun The quality of being inept.
  2. noun An instance of being inept.

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Questions about ineptitude in a sentence

How do you use ineptitude in a sentence?
Ineptitude is used as a noun. For example: “The curse has been Spanish ineptitude feeding Gibraltarian intransigence.”
What is a short sentence with ineptitude?
“The curse has been Spanish ineptitude feeding Gibraltarian intransigence.”
What does ineptitude mean?
Ineptitude means the quality of being inept.

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