in|ept|i|tude

in|ept|i|tude
in|ept|i|tude «ihn EHP tuh tood, -tyood», noun.
1. inept quality; unfitness; foolishness: »

Unfortunately, a weakness in military logistics was equaled by his ineptitude for financial infighting (Newsweek).

2. a silly or inappropriate act or remark: »

[He] lived no day of his life without doing and saying more than one pretentious ineptitude (Thomas Carlyle).


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