| 单词 | ineptitude |
| 释义 | ineptitude (once / 11939 pages) n Ineptitude is a lack of skill, ability, or competence. A doctor would prove his ineptitude at practicing medicine if he mistakenly removed a patient's spleen instead of his kidney. Ineptitude and incompetence are synonyms to describe people who have absolutely no idea what they're doing. It's definitely not a quality you'd want in a pilot, who might prove his ineptitude by sending a plane full of passengers hurtling to the ground. Ineptitude also isn't a good quality to have in fields like medicine, where even one careless mistake could be life-threatening. WORD FAMILYineptitude: ineptitudes USAGE EXAMPLESBut the offense didn’t exactly click, and the defense was greatly helped by the ineptitude of the Rams’ offense. Seattle Times(Dec 15, 2016) That account was disputed by survivors, who attributed the collision to Mr. Mohammed’s ineptitude at steering the vessel. New York Times(Dec 13, 2016) It was a study in futility; a model of ineptitude. Seattle Times(Dec 07, 2016) 1n unskillfulness resulting from a lack of training Syn|Hypo|Hyper awkwardness, clumsiness, ineptness, maladroitness, slowness rustiness ineptitude or awkwardness as a consequence of age or lack of practice unskillfulness a lack of cognitive skill 2n having no qualities that would render it valuable or useful Syn|Ant|Hypo|Hyper worthlessness worth the quality that renders something desirable or valuable or useful fecklessness worthlessness due to being feeble and ineffectual groundlessness, idlenessthe quality of lacking substance or value paltriness, sorrinessworthlessness due to insignificance valuelessnesshaving none of the properties that endow something with value shoddiness, trashinessthe quality of being cheaply imitative of something better darn, hoot, red centsomething of little value emptiness, vanitythe quality of being valueless or futile quality an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone |
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