ineptitude

Noun

Meaning

The quality of being inept; unfitness; inaptitude; unsuitableness.

Absurdity; nonsense; foolishness.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

ineptness slowness clumsiness awkwardness maladroitness worthlessness inability ignorance incompetence absurdity folly futility stupidity disqualification insufficiency
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Antonyms

lemma sapience game power art experience
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Hypernyms

quality unskillfulness

Hyponyms

damn vanity emptiness idleness darn hoot

Phrases with the word

formula of ineptitude mental ineptitude musical ineptitude

Examples

In art as in lovemaking, heartfelt ineptitude has its appeal and so does heartless skill, but what you want is passionate virtuosity. John Barth

The vast ineptitude of his pretense would be a convincing proof that this was no fraud. Jorge Luis Borges

Inconsiderate, rude behavior drives me nuts. And I guess the inconsiderate rudeness of social ineptitude definitely fuels my work. Cindy Sherman

Mistakes are not always the result of someone's ineptitude. Jessica Savitch

On the contrary, it might even be a projection of what the truth is of the Bush Administration's complacency and ineptitude on the terrorism in its first 9 months in office. Sidney Blumenthal

Part of why I started a band was due to feelings of shyness and social ineptitude. I saw it as some way of being able to interact with people from a safe distance. Jarvis Cocker

Close letter words and terms

inept individual inept man inept person ineptly ineptness ineptocracy