ineptitude
ineptitude
Definition
in·ep·ti·tude (in ep′tə to̵̅o̅d′, -tyo̵̅o̅d′)
noun
- the quality or condition of being inept
- an inept act, remark, etc.
Etymology: L ineptitudo
ineptitude
Synonyms
ineptitude
Usage Examples
Preposition: of
- government: How much longer must the British public have to put up with the ineptitude of this Government.
- team: A shocking refereeing decision against Carlisle was only matched by the ineptitude of the team 's performance.
Converse of object
- show: If the average person had shown such ineptitude at work they would probably have faced summary dismissal.
- expose: Defeat in the 1962 Sino-Indian war exposed government ineptitude.
- blunder: Politicians almost invariably show blundering ineptitude when running the economy.
Adjective modifier
- sheer: Instead it was a method of erecting signs that was beyond careless or inconsistent - it was sheer ineptitude.
- political: Historians argue that it was the political ineptitude of his opponents which allowed Stalin to gain power.
- own: Any cushion we had in the First Division has been wiped out by our own ineptitude.
- social: Can this dubious character be the one to lift Alice out of the depths of her social ineptitude?
- such: One might wonder how students with such high grades could exhibit such mathematical ineptitude.
- financial: His abilities as a trainer of ( mostly ) his own horses were matched only by his financial ineptitude.
Browse dictionary entries near ineptitude
- inept
- ineludible
- ineluctable
- ineloquent
- ineligible
- inelegant
- inelegance
- inelasticity of demand
- inelastic collision
- inelastic
- inequality
- inequitable
- inequity
- inequivalve
- ineradicable
- inerasable
- inerrable
- inerrant
- inert
- inertia
