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Ineptitude

//ɪˈnɛp.tɪ.t(j)ud// noun

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Noun
  1. 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. 2
    having no qualities that would render it valuable or useful wordnet
  3. 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. 4
    unskillfulness resulting from a lack of training wordnet

Etymology

From Latin ineptitūdō. By surface analysis, inept + -itude.

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