Ineptitude

In-ept′i-tude

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Noun.

[L.

ineptitudo

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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.

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Noun.

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

ineptitude ‎(countable and uncountable, plural ineptitudes)

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.

the quality of being inept