as in inability
the lack of sufficient ability, power, or means
the nurse's ineptitude made it clear that she would be happier in a different line of work
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Recent Examples of ineptitude
Every misstep the Sky make is a direct reflection of the ineptitude of the team’s ownership and management at the highest level — specifically, Alter and operating chair Nadia Rawlinson.
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Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 7 Apr. 2026
The city is doing harm to itself and to Balboa Park with this kind of ineptitude.
—U T Readers, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Mar. 2026
The current policy – put in place to ease congestion – is a glaring example of ineptitude in state government.
—Joe Battenfeld, Boston Herald, 14 Mar. 2026
Noem was the public face of that disapproval, strutting forward with arrogance in the face of public censure, a veritable clown show of ineptitude.
—Los Angeles Times, 6 Mar. 2026
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Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 7 Apr. 2026
The city is doing harm to itself and to Balboa Park with this kind of ineptitude.
—U T Readers, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Mar. 2026
The current policy – put in place to ease congestion – is a glaring example of ineptitude in state government.
—Joe Battenfeld, Boston Herald, 14 Mar. 2026
Noem was the public face of that disapproval, strutting forward with arrogance in the face of public censure, a veritable clown show of ineptitude.
—Los Angeles Times, 6 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ineptitude
inability
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Unsurprisingly, Tigers athletic director Verge Ausberry had his new head coach's back while trashing former coach Brian Kelly and his inability to relate to boosters or fans during his time in Baton Rouge.—
Austin Perry OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
14 May 2026
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Andrews’s essay comes to the defense of former Harvard President Larry Summers, who resigned under pressure in 2006 after arguing that women might be underrepresented in the hard sciences because of their innate lack of interest in those fields and their inability to perform at the highest levels.—
Helen Lewis,
The Atlantic,
14 May 2026
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“Ineptitude.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ineptitude. Accessed 23 May. 2026.
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