He tried to conceal his ineptitude in a not-so-deft sleight of hand.
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Ineptitude
//ɪˈnɛp.tɪ.t(j)ud//
Synonyms for "ineptitude" (121 found)
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Related words (60)
inopportunenessinsanityinsufficiencyirrationalitylackbrainednesslackwittednesslegal incapacitylow iqlunacymadnessmaladroitnessmental weaknessmindlessnessminorityniaiserienugacitynuttinessprimal stupidityqueernessreasonlessness
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sappinessscrewinesssenselessnesssillinessslackmindednessslackwittednessstupiditythoughtlessnesstriflingnesstrivialityundesirabilityunfitnessunfittingnessunfortunatenessungainlinessunintellectualityunintelligenceunmeetnessunprofitabilityunprofitablenessunseasonablenessunseemlinessunsuitabilityunsuitablenessuntimelinessunwisdomunwisenessurdummheituselessnesswackinesswardshipweirdnesswitlessnesswrongnesszaninesszanyism
Noun(4 words)
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25 translations across 12 languages.
Bulgarian
2 entries- абсу́рдност noun (the quality of being inept)
- неуместност noun (the quality of being inept)
Catalan
1 entries- ineptitud noun (the quality of being inept)
Dutch
1 entries- dwaasheid noun (the quality of being inept)
Finnish
3 entries- avuttomuus noun (the quality of being inept)
- kyvyttömyys noun (the quality of being inept)
- taitamattomuus noun (the quality of being inept)
French
1 entries- stupidité noun (the quality of being inept)
German
2 entries- Unfähigkeit noun (the quality of being inept)
- Untauglichkeit (unfitness) noun (the quality of being inept)
Greek
1 entries- ανεπιτηδειότητα noun (the quality of being inept)
Japanese
4 entries- 不向き noun (the quality of being inept)
- 不適 noun (the quality of being inept)
- 不適度 noun (the quality of being inept)
- 不適性 noun (the quality of being inept)
Manx
1 entries- meehraaoilaght noun (the quality of being inept)
Russian
3 entries- негодность noun (the quality of being inept)
- неспособность noun (the quality of being inept)
- никудышность noun (the quality of being inept)
Spanish
1 entries- ineptitud noun (the quality of being inept)
Turkish
4 entries- beceriksizlik noun (the quality of being inept)
- kabiliyetsizlik noun (the quality of being inept)
- maharetsizlik noun (the quality of being inept)
- yeteneksizlik noun (the quality of being inept)
Sample sentences
3 total sentences available.
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.
Source: wiktionary
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.
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