ineptitude
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ineptitude
- /ɪˈnɛp.tɪ.tjud/ UK
- /ɪˈnɛp.tɪ.t(j)ud/ Canada, US
- /ɪˈnep.tə.t͡ʃʉd/ Australia
Where it comes from
From Latin ineptitūdō. By surface analysis, inept + -itude.
noun ineptitudes
- 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.
- 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.
Similar: incompetence, ineptness, schmuckiness
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noun
Similar: incompetence, ineptness, schmuckiness
Translations
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noun the quality of being inept
| Español | ineptitud |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 無才 musai, 不向き fumuki, 不適 futeki, 不適度 futekido, 不適性 futekisei |
| Français | stupidité |
| Deutsch | Unfähigkeit, Untauglichkeit (unfitness) |
| Ελληνικά | ανεπιτηδειότητα anepitideiótita |
| Русский | неспособность nesposobnostʹ, негодность negodnostʹ, никудышность nikudyšnostʹ |
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