ineptitude
quality or condition of being inept.
an inept act or remark.
Origin of ineptitude
1- Also in·ept·ness [in-ept-nis] /ɪnˈɛpt nɪs/ .
Words Nearby ineptitude
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How to use ineptitude in a sentence
In a series of interviews, the most extensive since her termination, she described an agency mired in disorganization and ineptitude.
She Noticed $200 Million Missing, Then She Was Fired | by Scott Morris, Bay City News Foundation | December 24, 2020 | ProPublicaCompound it with exorbitant contracts acquired to appease a departing star and an inflexible roster that doesn’t make sense without its centerpiece, and that’s how franchises get sentenced to ineptitude and irrelevance.
Giannis Antetokounmpo’s patience is a gift to Milwaukee. Don’t blow it, Bucks. | Jerry Brewer | December 16, 2020 | Washington PostThat is often my initial assumption when I am accused of financial ineptitude.
Gene Weingarten: I somehow owed D.C. $24,000. But not so fast! | Gene Weingarten | December 10, 2020 | Washington PostIt was the latest example of my complete ineptitude at terrestrial ecology.
Yet Barrios continues to show that his is not — either because he believes he is above the law, because of his own ineptitude, or both.
Kelvin Barrios Must Drop Out of the D9 Race | Janessa Goldbeck | August 28, 2020 | Voice of San Diego
This pile of garbage and ineptitude is heading in one direction—toward a long-term crisis very costly to all.
These days we have no sense of when and how our current spate of bipartisan ineptitude will end.
George W. Bush, Barack Obama, and Our Era of Bipartisan Ineptitude | Lloyd Green | July 7, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTMake no mistake: Kerry's alleged ineptitude pales in comparison to the haplessness of the two principals.
Israelis And Palestinians Blast Kerry For Peace Efforts | Ali Gharib | May 17, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTLimbaugh, for the record, thought Akin spoke with “glorious ineptitude.”
11 Ways Rappers Are Just Like Right-Wing Radio Hosts | Kevin Fallon | March 29, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTTheir ineptitude required the seaman to abandon his post at the tiller and man an oar himself.
The Titanic’s Haute Heroine: The Countess of Rothes | Elizabeth Kaye | April 12, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTThe seniors of our class are thoroughly reliable old fools, and Past Grand Masters in the art of ineptitude.
Before Agamemnon thus displayed his ineptitude, as he often does later, Thersites had no chance.
Homer and His Age | Andrew LangThere were occasions indeed that could scarce be too cruel to punish properly certain examples of presumptuous ineptitude.
The Tragic Muse | Henry JamesAnything,—anything to assuage in him that sense of ineptitude, of being ignored, a titled nonentity!
The Lieutenant-Governor | Guy Wetmore CarrylAnd it was the ineptitude of the administrative chiefs that made the militia at once ineffective and abhorred.
Critical Miscellanies (Vol. 2 of 3) | John Morley
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