ineptitude
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in·ep·ti·tude
(ĭn-ĕp′tĭ-to͞od′, -tyo͞od′)n.
1. The quality of being inept; ineptness.
2. An inept act or remark.
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in•ept•i•tude
(ɪnˈɛp tɪˌtud, -ˌtyud, ɪˈnɛp-)n.
1. the quality or condition of being inept.
2. an inept act or remark.
[1605–15; < Latin]
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Noun | 1. | ![]() 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 red cent, shucks, tinker's dam, tinker's damn, damn, darn, hoot - something of little value; "his promise is not worth a damn"; "not worth one red cent"; "not worth shucks" |
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ineptitude
noun incompetence, inefficiency, inability, incapacity, clumsiness, unfitness, gaucheness, inexpertness, unhandiness the tactical ineptitude of the commander
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ineptitude
[ɪˈneptɪtjuːd] ineptness [ɪˈneptnɪs] N [of person] → ineptitud f, incapacidad f; [of policies] → lo inadecuadoCollins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
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ineptitude
, ineptnessn (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
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