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ineptitude

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in·ep·ti·tude  (n-pt-td, -tyd)
n.
1. The quality of being inept; ineptness.
2. An inept act or remark.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.ineptitude - unskillfulness resulting from a lack of training
unskillfulness - a lack of cognitive skill
rustiness - ineptitude or awkwardness as a consequence of age or lack of practice; "his rustiness showed when he was asked to speed up"
2.ineptitude - having no qualities that would render it valuable or useful; "the drill sergeant's intent was to convince all the recruits of their worthlessness"
quality - an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone; "the quality of mercy is not strained"--Shakespeare
fecklessness - worthlessness due to being feeble and ineffectual
groundlessness, idleness - the quality of lacking substance or value; "the groundlessness of their report was quickly recognized"
paltriness, sorriness - worthlessness due to insignificance
valuelessness - having none of the properties that endow something with value
shoddiness, trashiness - the quality of being cheaply imitative of something better
damn, darn, red cent, shucks, tinker's dam, tinker's damn, hoot, shit - something of little value; "his promise is not worth a damn"; "not worth one red cent"; "not worth shucks"
vanity, emptiness - the quality of being valueless or futile; "he rejected the vanities of the world"

ineptitude
noun incompetence, inefficiency, inability, incapacity, clumsiness, unfitness, gaucheness, inexpertness, unhandiness the tactical ineptitude of the commander
Translations
ineptitude [ɪˈneptɪtjuːd] ineptness [ɪˈneptnɪs] N [of person] → ineptitud f, incapacidad f; [of policies] → lo inadecuado
ineptitude [ɪnˈɛptɪtjuːd] nineptie f
ineptitude, ineptness
n (of behaviour)Ungeschicktheit f, → Unbeholfenheit f; (of remark)Unangebrachtheit f, → Ungeschicktheit f; (of performance, display)Ungeschicklichkeit f, → Stümperhaftigkeit f (pej); (of compliment, refusal, attempt)Plumpheit f; (of comparison)Ungeeignetheit f; (of person) (= clumsiness)Ungeschick nt, → Unbeholfenheit f; (= slowness at learning)Begriffsstutzigkeit f, → Ungelehrigkeit f
ineptitude [ɪˈnɛptɪtjuːd] n (see adj) → inettitudine f, inopportunità, scarsa abilità
ineptitude [ɪˈnɛptɪtjuːd] n (see adj) → inettitudine f, inopportunità, scarsa abilità


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Yet it would be difficult to say which is the worst of the two--Russian ineptitude or the German method of growing rich through honest toil.
This stupid repetition was too incongruous in its ineptitude with the serious, brooding and enigmatic glance he turned upon his visitor.
My ineptitude made me the butt of the looting, cursing, swash-buckling lot who formed the very irregular squadron which we joined; and it would have gone hard with me but for Raffles, who was soon the darling devil of them all, but never more loyally my friend.
 
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