ineptitude

Also in·ept·ness

[in-ep-ti-tood, -tyood, ih-nep-]

noun

1. quality or condition of being inept.

2. an inept act or remark.

Word History and Origins

Origin of ineptitude¹

First recorded in 1605–15; from Latin ineptitūdō; inept, -i-, -tude

Example Sentences

“Officials have responded with unconscionable ineptitude,” said Kara Vallow, who said she believed the document “goes out of its way to avoid accountability.”

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So much of Calloway’s persona rested on her brilliant ideas tempered by charming ineptitude, her devil-may-care approach to her own fame.

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He blames ineptitude at UN agencies in Gaza and has repeatedly accused the UN of doing nothing about the systematic theft of food by Hamas.

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He has carried on about the cost of a renovation of the Fed’s Washington headquarters building, even misrepresenting the cost and nature of the project, suggesting that it points to Powell’s managerial ineptitude.

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Meanwhile, we are dealing with a GOP for which it’s impossible to determine whether the greater danger to the country is from MAGA’s brutal destruction of democracy or the party’s monumental ineptitude.

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