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Word entry · 10 letters

ineptitude

Best crossword clue

"Poor ability"

10 letters · collected on this word page

10 lettersPronunciation /ɪˈnɛp.tɪ.tjud/Part of speech nounSorted deeiinpttuStarts with IEnds with E1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. having no qualities that would render it valuable or useful

Word origin

From Latin ineptitūdō. By surface analysis, inept + -itude.

Used in a sentence

  • 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.
  • He droned on with platitudes and ineptitudes while Malone whispered to Enid that if Alasha was a fair specimen of the population it was just as well that his native land was safely engulfed in the Atlantic Ocean.

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