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" (134 found)
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Closest matches (27)
Noun(10 words)
ineptnessawkwardnessincompetenceadministrative failurebeing unable to workblunderingbumblingbunglingbureaucratic inefficiencyclumsiness
Strong matches (40)
Related words (67)
infelicityinferiorityinopportunenessinsanityinsufficiencyirrationalitylackbrainednesslackwittednesslegal incapacitylow iqlunacymadnessmaladroitnessmental weaknessmindlessnessminorityniaiserienugacitynuttinessprimal stupidity
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queernessreasonlessnesssappinessscrewinesssenselessnesssillinessslackmindednessslackwittednessstupiditythoughtlessnesstriflingnesstrivialityundesirabilityunfitnessunfittingnessunfortunatenessungainlinessunintellectualityunintelligenceunmeetnessunprofitabilityunprofitablenessunseasonablenessunseemlinessunsuitabilityunsuitablenessuntimelinessunwisdomunwisenessurdummheituselessnesswackinesswardshipweirdnesswitlessnessworthlessnesswrongnesszaninesszanyism
Noun(8 words)
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More general
8 entriesbehavioral defectdeficiencydeficiency in administrationdeficiency in social skillsqualityshortcomingsystemic faultunskillfulness
More specific
9 entriesbureaucratic inefficiencyclumsinessinappropriate responselogistical errormisjudgmentpoor workmanshipprocedural mismanagementrelational awkwardnessspeech disfluency
Collocations
6 entrieschronic ineptitudeevident ineptitudegross ineptitudeinstitutional ineptitudeutter ineptitudevisible ineptitude
Inflections
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3 entriesSample 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.
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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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