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inaptitude

[ in-ap-ti-tood, -tyood ]

noun

  1. lack of aptitude; unfitness.
  2. unskillfulness; lack of dexterity.


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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of inaptitude1

First recorded in 1610–20; in- 3 + aptitude
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I visit Marconi less often now, but more from inaptitude than fear.

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In a television interview Friday, Erdogan accused leaders of Iraq’s autonomous region of “serious political inaptitude” for going ahead with plans to hold the vote on Sept. 25.

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All the characters in the book go mad, and the author's utter inaptitude for literature turns what might have been passable third-rate melodrama into a farce.

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We cannot add one moment to its eternity, nor by our inaptitude diminish the proper glory of our art.

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So I floundered and fumbled and failed, through long years for the mere want of the small dose of cynical courage required for recognising frankly my congenital inaptitude.

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