Ineptitude
/ɪˈnɛp.tɪ.t(j)ud/ noun
noun ·Moderate ·High school level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 The quality of being inept. countable, uncountable
"The curse has been Spanish ineptitude feeding Gibraltarian intransigence. Border hold-ups are counterproductive to winning hearts and minds, as were blundering Argentinian landings on the outer Falklands."
- 2 having no qualities that would render it valuable or useful wordnet
- 3 An instance of being inept. countable, uncountable
"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."
- 4 unskillfulness resulting from a lack of training wordnet
Example
More examples"He tried to conceal his ineptitude in a not-so-deft sleight of hand."
Etymology
From Latin ineptitūdō. By surface analysis, inept + -itude.