'Ineptitude' definitions:
Definition of 'ineptitude'
From: WordNet
noun
Unskillfulness resulting from a lack of training [syn: awkwardness, clumsiness, ineptness, ineptitude, maladroitness, slowness]
noun
Having no qualities that would render it valuable or useful; "the drill sergeant's intent was to convince all the recruits of their worthlessness" [syn: worthlessness, ineptitude] [ant: worth]
Definition of 'Ineptitude'
From: GCIDE
- Ineptitude \In*ept"i*tude\, n. [L. ineptitudo.] [1913 Webster]
- 1. The quality of being inept; unfitness; inaptitude; unsuitableness. [1913 Webster]
- That ineptitude for society, which is frequently the fault of us scholars. --Tatler. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Absurdity; nonsense; foolishness. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'ineptitude'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- absurdity,
- asininity,
- awkwardness,
- battiness,
- brainlessness,
- buffoonery,
- clownishness,
- clumsiness,
- crackpottedness,
- crankiness,
- craziness,
- daffiness,
- desipience,
- disability,
- disablement,
- disqualification,
- eccentricity,
- fatuity,
- fatuousness,
- folly,
- foolery,
- foolheadedness,
- foolishness,
- frivolity,
- frivolousness,
- futility,
- gaucherie,
- giddiness,
- goofiness,
- idiocy,
- ignorance,
- imbecility,
- impoliticalness,
- impoliticness,
- inability,
- inadequacy,
- inadvisability,
- inanity,
- inappropriateness,
- inaptitude,
- inaptness,
- incapability,
- incapacitation,
- incapacity,
- incompetence,
- incompetency,
- incongruity,
- inconvenience,
- inconveniency,
- inefficiency,
- ineptness,
- inexpedience,
- inexpediency,
- infancy,
- infelicity,
- inferiority,
- inopportuneness,
- insanity,
- insufficiency,
- irrationality,
- lackbrainedness,
- lackwittedness,
- legal incapacity,
- low IQ,
- lunacy,
- madness,
- maladroitness,
- mental weakness,
- mindlessness,
- minority,
- niaiserie,
- nugacity,
- nuttiness,
- primal stupidity,
- queerness,
- reasonlessness,
- sappiness,
- screwiness,
- senselessness,
- silliness,
- slackmindedness,
- slackwittedness,
- stupidity,
- thoughtlessness,
- triflingness,
- triviality,
- undesirability,
- unfitness,
- unfittingness,
- unfortunateness,
- ungainliness,
- unintellectuality,
- unintelligence,
- unmeetness,
- unprofitability,
- unprofitableness,
- unseasonableness,
- unseemliness,
- unsuitability,
- unsuitableness,
- untimeliness,
- unwisdom,
- unwiseness,
- Urdummheit,
- uselessness,
- wackiness,
- wardship,
- weirdness,
- witlessness,
- worthlessness,
- wrongness,
- zaniness,
- zanyism