ineptitude

English

Noun

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.

Synonyms

ineptness

Translations

the quality of being inept

Bulgarian: абсурдност (bg) f (absúrdnost), неуместност (bg) f (neumestnost)
Catalan: ineptitud f
Dutch: dwaasheid (nl)
Finnish: avuttomuus (fi), taitamattomuus (fi), kyvyttömyys (fi)
French: stupidité (fr)

German: Unfähigkeit (de) f (inability); Untauglichkeit f (unfitness)
Manx: meehraaoilaght f
Russian: неспособность (ru) f (nesposobnostʹ), негодность (ru) f (negodnostʹ), никудышность (ru) f (nikudyšnostʹ)
Spanish: ineptitud (es) f

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