How to Use ineptitude in a Sentence

ineptitude

noun

• The team's poor play is being blamed on the ineptitude of the coaching staff.
• But the ineptitude of Alabama Democrats can’t be the news of the day.
  — John Archibald | [e-mail], al, 8 Nov. 2022
• Yes, Trump lost to Joe Biden in 2020, after four years of chaos and ineptitude.
  — Jill Filipovic, CNN, 26 Apr. 2022
• Now the Bears may have the worst offense in decades, if not in their history, which is quite a feat of ineptitude.
  — Brad Biggs, chicagotribune.com, 29 Sep. 2021
• But a short stretch of glaring ineptitude does not mean that Riley won’t get the job done for USC.
  — J. Brady McCollough, Los Angeles Times, 15 Oct. 2023
• The ineptitude of the opening five games seemingly has been laid to rest.
  — Tom Canavan, Star Tribune, 5 Dec. 2020
• The ineptitude of the offense wasn’t merely Prescott’s fault.
  — Nick Kehoe, Dallas News, 19 Jan. 2022
• With that ineptitude and Darnold not making big strides in his third season, Gase knows that’s on him.
  — Mark Heim | [e-mail], al, 3 Jan. 2021
• After carrying the team to many of those late-game comebacks in the first half of the season, the bullpen was the culprit behind the late-game ineptitude down the stretch.
  — Joe Freeman, oregonlive, 3 June 2021
• Hamas was growing stronger while the PA in the West Bank withered away under the weight of its own ineptitude and corruption.
  — Natan Sachs, Foreign Affairs, 19 Jan. 2024
• Yet time and again in this pandemic the CDC has been a source of confusion or ineptitude.
  — The Editorial Board, WSJ, 30 July 2021
• In fact, my night-one ineptitude forced me into what might have been the world’s fastest retirement.
  — Mitchell S. Jackson, New York Times, 20 Dec. 2023
• Growing up, Mukarram showed a strange mix of savoir faire and ineptitude.
  — Alex Traub, New York Times, 7 Feb. 2023
• No more trying to cover up the ineptitude of our rulers with taxes.
  — Itxu Díaz, National Review, 25 Aug. 2020
• The shocking brutality of the murders soon gave way to the startling ineptitude of the crime and cover-up.
  — Vince Guerreri, Smithsonian Magazine, 31 Dec. 2019
• When the final toll is tallied for Marsh’s ineptitude, the balance will be counted in lives.
  — Kyle Whitmire, al, 10 July 2020
• Not sure how Bears fans could’ve survived 2021 without the channel to take their minds off the team’s weekly ineptitude.
  — Paul Sullivan, chicagotribune.com, 31 Dec. 2021
• Tina doesn’t sound like an agent of malice, though, so much as social ineptitude.
  — Washington Post, 18 Sep. 2020
• But, for as poor as the offense and special teams played, the Trojans’ struggles once again came down to the defense’s ineptitude from start to finish.
  — J. Brady McCollough, Los Angeles Times, 8 Oct. 2023
• Yet the Toreros trailed 14-13 late in the fourth quarter because of their offensive ineptitude.
  — Don Norcross, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Oct. 2021
• Sure, the ineptitude of the Jets (0-3) and Giants (0-3) likely inspired Shanahan to rest an ailing starter or two.
  — Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Sep. 2020
• If any lions watch this movie, they’re bound to regard it as a comedy about the sheer ineptitude of one of their colleagues.
  — Kyle Smith, WSJ, 18 Aug. 2022
• No matter the ineptitude in upper command or the mayors office, this is one of the greatest jobs on earth.
  — Jonathan Bullington, The Courier-Journal, 22 Sep. 2020
• Durable defense: That offensive ineptitude forced MSU’s defense to be on the field for 23:18 in the second half.
  — Chris Solari, Detroit Free Press, 27 Sep. 2021
• And it’s not just the ineptitude of their boss holding them back; it’s the establishment itself.
  — Ineye Komonibo, refinery29.com, 12 Jan. 2022
• And yet, given the chaos and ineptitude of the audit from start to finish, this seems like an unlikely outcome.
  — Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 24 Sep. 2021
• Babs sees that Vanya is about to combust, but nothing can stop his vengeance except his own ineptitude.
  — Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 24 Oct. 2023
• That level of free-throw ineptitude tends to suggest a mental hang-up.
  — Connor Letourneau, San Francisco Chronicle, 31 Mar. 2022
• The only thing standing in our way is the indecision, ineptitude, and inaction of the people elected to lead us.
  — Diane Di Stasio, New York Daily News, 30 June 2024
• There’s even a touch of human tragedy as Damon and Affleck’s characters Rory and Cobby carry with them ineptitude, but also a desperate desire to move forward.
  — Harrison Richlin, IndieWire, 29 July 2024

Last Updated: 29 Sep 2024