Synonyms for ineptness
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Noun
1. Ineptitude
ineptitude, incompetence, clumsiness, awkwardness, unsuitability, slowness, unfitness, maladroitness
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Definitions
- n. 1
The quality or degree of being inept.
The ineptness of the novice jugglers was apparent as they frequently dropped their juggling pins.
Forms
- Plural
- ineptnesses → ineptitudes, incompetences, clumsinesses, awkwardnesses…
Example sentences
- incompetence We lost the case due to the lawyer's incompetence.
- awkwardness The feeling of awkwardness did not leave me.
- ineptitude He tried to conceal his ineptitude in a not-so-deft sleight of hand.
- clumsiness Your clumsiness will get you into big trouble one day.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| ineptness | falling | |
| incompetence | steady | |
| awkwardness | rising | |
| ineptitude | steady | |
| clumsiness | rising | |
| unsuitableness | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 8 letters
- slowness2
- 9 letters
- unfitness
- 10 letters
- ineptitude4, clumsiness3
- 11 letters
- awkwardness3
- 12 letters
- incompetence4
- 13 letters
- unsuitability, maladroitness
- 14 letters
- unsuitableness
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (slowness2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- ineptie