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English Dictionary: ineptitude by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
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"
    Synonym(s): worthlessness, ineptitude
    Antonym(s): worth
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Ineptitude \In*ept"i*tude\, n. [L. ineptitudo.]
      1. The quality of being inept; unfitness; inaptitude;
            unsuitableness.
  
                     That ineptitude for society, which is frequently the
                     fault of us scholars.                        --Tatler.
  
      2. Absurdity; nonsense; foolishness.
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