INAPTITUDE Synonyms: 43 Similar and Opposite Words

inaptitude

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Definition of inaptitude

as in disqualification

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Noun

Lastly, owners also approved a change to allow league personnel to consult with on-field officials regarding flagrant football acts and non-football acts that aren’t called on the field and could lead to disqualification.

— Jayna Bardahl, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2026
Failure to comply with the rules would result in disqualification for contestants.

— Andrea Flores, Los Angeles Times, 31 Aug. 2026

Definition of disqualification

Noun

Connecticut State Colleges and Universities has been revealed as a nest of incompetence in its powerful central office.

— Kevin Rennie, Hartford Courant, 26 Sep. 2026
At the start of the 1986-87 season, a combination of previous boardroom incompetence and broader economics saw Middlesbrough not just in the Third Division, but with their ground, Ayresome Park, padlocked.

— Michael Walker, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2026

Definition of incompetence

Noun

But play-in seems the ceiling in light of Davis’ inability to stay healthy, Young’s regression in recent years and this team’s unwillingness to play much defense last season.

— Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 6 Oct. 2026
The skills gap often shows up first as an inability to redesign the work itself.

— Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 2 Oct. 2026

Definition of inability

Noun

Court records show DeFoor has a history of criminal cases involving findings of mental incompetency.

— Bonny Chu, FOXNews.com, 2 Sep. 2026
Those forms are not pertinent to the finding of incompetency and are therefore subject to the open records law, Ziegler and Bradley wrote.

— Scott Bauer, Los Angeles Times, 7 July 2026

Definition of incompetency

Noun

The voluntary intoxication loophole means a person may be too impaired to make a meaningful choice and still fall outside the law’s protections for incapacity.

— Ilana Turko, New York Daily News, 4 Oct. 2026
Benefits are also rising because more people are claiming disability and incapacity benefits.

— The Week UK, TheWeek, 4 Oct. 2026

Definition of incapacity

Noun

Cregger and co-screenwriter Shay Hatten (John Wick Chapter 4) make a running gag out of Bryan’s attempts to aid people that go nearly fatally awry, as well as his ineptitude with guns and extremely bad luck trying to shoot off padlocks.

— Frank Scheck, HollywoodReporter, 16 Sep. 2026
There are a handful of bad teams in the NFL, but no team has the combination of ineptitude and lack of direction like the Browns.

— Saad Yousuf, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2026

Definition of ineptitude

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The study was designed to examine the psychological effects of authority and powerlessness in a prison setting, according to the university.

— Yamillah Hurtado, PEOPLE, 29 Sep. 2026
New characters are introduced, many interesting details are offered, yet the narration never loses its focus, every sentence adding to the characters’ mounting sense of powerlessness in the face of such a tragic death.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 18 Sep. 2026

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