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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. unskillfulness resulting from a lack of training;
[syn: awkwardness, clumsiness, ineptness, ineptitude, maladroitness, slowness]

2. having no qualities that would render it valuable or useful;
- Example: "the drill sergeant's intent was to convince all the recruits of their worthlessness"
[syn: worthlessness, ineptitude]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Ineptitude \In*ept"i*tude\, n. [L. ineptitudo.]
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   1. The quality of being inept; unfitness; inaptitude;
      unsuitableness.
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            That ineptitude for society, which is frequently the
            fault of us scholars.                 --Tatler.
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   2. Absurdity; nonsense; foolishness.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

ineptitude
    n 1: unskillfulness resulting from a lack of training [syn:
         awkwardness, clumsiness, ineptness, ineptitude,
         maladroitness, slowness]
    2: having no qualities that would render it valuable or useful;
       "the drill sergeant's intent was to convince all the recruits
       of their worthlessness" [syn: worthlessness, ineptitude]
       [ant: worth]