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- Dictionaryineptitude/ɪˈnɛptɪtjuːd/
noun
- 1. lack of skill or ability: "the officials displayed remarkable ineptitude"
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the fact of not being skilled or effective: political / social / economic ineptitude. It was not angry bloggers that rendered the website inaccessible, but sheer technological ineptitude. See. inept. Fewer examples. He was forced from office after a year for ineptitude and corruption.
The meaning of INEPTITUDE is the quality or state of being inept; especially : incompetence. How to use ineptitude in a sentence.
Ineptitude is a lack of skill, ability, or competence. A doctor would prove his ineptitude at practicing medicine if he mistakenly removed a patient's spleen instead of his kidney. Ineptitude and incompetence are synonyms to describe people who have absolutely no idea what they're doing.
If you refer to someone's ineptitude, you are criticizing them because they do something with a complete lack of skill. [ disapproval ] ...the tactical ineptitude of the allied commander.
Definition of ineptitude noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Factsheet. What does the noun ineptitude mean? There are two meanings listed in OED's entry for the noun ineptitude. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence. Entry status. OED is undergoing a continuous programme of revision to modernize and improve definitions. This entry has not yet been fully revised. See meaning & use
ineptitude - having no qualities that would render it valuable or useful; "the drill sergeant's intent was to convince all the recruits of their worthlessness"
If you refer to someone's ineptitude, you are criticizing them because they do something with a complete lack of skill.
the fact of not being skilled or effective: political / social / economic ineptitude. It was not angry bloggers that rendered the website inaccessible, but sheer technological ineptitude. See. inept. Fewer examples. He was forced from office after a year for ineptitude and corruption.
Oct 14, 2024 · ineptitude (countable and uncountable, plural ineptitudes) The quality of being inept.
