ineptitude
/ɪˈneptɪtjuːd/ (bre, ipa) · /ɪˈneptɪtuːd/ (ame, ipa) · /(ˌ)i-ˈnep-tə-ˌtüd -ˌtyüd/ (ame, mw)
ineptitude — 名詞
1. an obvious inability to do something competently, often shown through clumsy mis
笨拙；無能
明顯缺乏能力，常出現低級錯誤
an obvious inability to do something competently, often shown through clumsy mistakes that an average person would avoid.
Felipe's ineptitude at parallel parking left a long line of cars waiting on the street.
Felipe 的路邊停車技術笨拙，害得街上一長排車子都在等。
collocation: ineptitude at + activity (-ing)
The mayor was fired after years of ineptitude in handling the city's flood warnings.
市長因為多年來處理城市淹水警報無能，最後被開除了。
collocation: ineptitude in + handling/managing
Critics blamed the team's defeat on the coach's ineptitude rather than the players' efforts.
評論家把球隊輸球怪在教練的無能上，而不是球員的努力上。
Ife laughed at her own ineptitude in the kitchen after burning the rice again.
Ife 又把飯燒焦了，便自嘲在廚房裡實在笨拙。
Sheer ineptitude, not bad luck, caused the bridge project to fail.
這座橋的工程失敗純粹是因為無能，不是運氣不好。
- incompetence
near-synonym; slightly more about lacking the required ability for a role or job
- clumsiness
stresses physical awkwardness rather than general lack of skill
- unskillfulness
neutral and formal; lacks the critical tone of 'ineptitude'
- competence
having the skill to do something properly
- proficiency
stronger antonym; high skill from practice
文法句型
ineptitude at + noun/-ing
ineptitude in + noun/-ing
用法筆記
Frequently uncountable and often paired with 'at' or 'in' plus an activity. Stronger and more critical than 'lack of skill' — implies the person should know better.