ineptitude en · NOUN
Pronunciation
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- /ɪˈnep.tə.t͡ʃʉd/ (Australia)
- /ɪˈnɛp.tɪ.t(j)ud/ (Canada, US)
- /ɪˈnɛp.tɪ.tjud/ (UK)
Etymology
From Latin ineptitūdō. By surface analysis, inept + -itude.
Meanings
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(countable, uncountable) The quality of being inept.
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.
2013 August 14, Simon Jenkins, “Gibraltar and the Falklands deny the logic of history”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 22 Apr 2021:
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(countable, uncountable) An instance of being inept.
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.
1925 July – 1926 May, A[rthur] Conan Doyle, “(please specify the chapter number)”, in The Land of Mist (eBook no. 0601351h.html), Australia: Project Gutenberg Australia, published April 2019:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| ineptitudes | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Synonyms
incompetence · schmuckiness · ineptness
Translations (25)
tr yeteneksizlik (the quality of being inept) · tr maharetsizlik (the quality of being inept) · fi kyvyttömyys (the quality of being inept) · gv meehraaoilaght (the quality of being inept) · ja 不適 (the quality of being inept) · ru неспособность (the quality of being inept) · ja 無才 (the quality of being inept) · ru негодность (the quality of being inept) · bg абсу́рдност (the quality of being inept) · bg неуместност (the quality of being inept) · de Untauglichkeit (unfitness) (the quality of being inept) · nl dwaasheid (the quality of being inept) · ja 不向き (the quality of being inept) · el ανεπιτηδειότητα (the quality of being inept) · fi taitamattomuus (the quality of being inept) · ja 不適性 (the quality of being inept) · fr stupidité (the quality of being inept) · fi avuttomuus (the quality of being inept) · de Unfähigkeit (the quality of being inept) · tr beceriksizlik (the quality of being inept) · ja 不適度 (the quality of being inept) · tr kabiliyetsizlik (the quality of being inept) · es ineptitud (the quality of being inept) · ca ineptitud (the quality of being inept) · ru никудышность (the quality of being inept)