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Webster 1913 Edition


Ineptitude

In-ept′i-tude

,
Noun.
[L.
ineptitudo
.]
1.
The quality of being inept; unfitness; inaptitude; unsuitableness.
That
ineptitude
for society, which is frequently the fault of us scholars.
Tatler.
2.
Absurdity; nonsense; foolishness.

Webster 1828 Edition


Ineptitude

INEPT'ITUDE

,
Noun.
Unfitness; inaptitude; unsuitableness; as an ineptitude to motion.

Definition 2024


ineptitude

ineptitude

English

Noun

ineptitude (countable and uncountable, plural ineptitudes)

  1. The quality of being inept.
    • 2013, Simon Jenkins, Gibraltar and the Falklands deny the logic of history (in The Guardian, 14 August 2013)
      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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