Nearby Words
ineptitude
| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | incapacity |
| Synonyms: | awkwardness, clumsiness, inability, incompetence, ineptness, ungracefulness |
| Main Entry: | disqualification |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | disability; rejection for participation |
| Synonyms: | awkwardness, clumsiness, debarment, disenablement, disentitlement, elimination, exclusion, incapacitation, incapacity, incompetence, incompetency, ineligibility, ineptitude, lack, unfitness, unproficiency |
| Antonyms: | ability, aptitude, capability |
| Main Entry: | inability |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | disabling lack of talent, skill |
| Synonyms: | disqualification, failure, frailty, impotence, inadequacy, inaptitude, incapability, incapacitation, incapacity, incompetence, ineffectiveness, ineffectualness, inefficacy, inefficiency, ineptitude, ineptness, insufficiency, inutility, lack, necessity, powerlessness, shortcoming, unfitness, weakness |
| Notes: | debility is the state of being weak in health or body; disability is the condition of being unable to perform as a consequence of physical or mental unfitness; inability is lack of mental ability or physical ability to do something |
| Antonyms: | ability, capacity, competence, skill, talent |
| Main Entry: | inadequacy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | shortage, defect, inability |
| Synonyms: | blemish, dearth, defalcation, defectiveness, deficiency, deficit, drawback, failing, faultiness, flaw, imperfection, inadequateness, inaptness, incapacity, incompetence, incompetency, incompleteness, ineffectiveness, ineffectualness, inefficacy, inefficiency, ineptitude, insufficiency, lack, meagerness, paucity, poverty, scantiness, shortcoming, skimpiness, underage, unfitness, unsuitableness, weakness |
| Antonyms: | ability, adequacy, enough, plenty, sufficiency |
| Main Entry: | lunacy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | craziness, madness |
| Synonyms: | aberration, absurdity, alienation, asininity, dementia, derangement, distraction, fatuity, folly, foolhardiness, foolishness, idiocy, imbalance, imbecility, inanity, ineptitude, insanity, mania, psychopathy, psychosis, senselessness, silliness, stupidity |
| Antonyms: | saneness |
| Main Entry: | artlessness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | unskillfulness |
| Synonyms: | awkwardness, clumsiness, crudeness, gawkiness, gracelessness, inelegance, ineptitude, uncoordination |
| Antonyms: | coordination, grace |
| Main Entry: | clumsiness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | maladroitness |
| Synonyms: | awkwardness, heavy-handedness, ineptitude, ungainliness |
| Main Entry: | incompetence |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | lack of ability |
| Synonyms: | inability, inadequacy, ineptitude, inexperience |
| Notes: | incompetence is unacceptable levels of performance; incompetency is insanity or inability to stand trial or testify |
| Main Entry: | stupidity |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | dullness of mind |
| Synonyms: | absurdity, apathy, asininity, battiness, brainlessness, doltishness, fatuity, fatuousness, feeble-mindedness, idiocy, ignorance, imbecility, imprudence, incapacity, ineptitude, injudiciousness, insensibility, lunacy, nitwittedness, nonsense, obtuseness, puerility, shallowness, silliness, simplicity, slowness, slowness, sluggishness, stolidity, stupefaction, stupidness, stupor, thick-headedness, weak-mindedness, weakness |
| Antonyms: | intelligence, judgment, wisdom |
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