Antonyms for aptitude

Grammar : Noun

Spell : ap-ti-tood, -tyood

Phonetic Transcription : ˈæp tɪˌtud, -ˌtyud

Definition of aptitude

Origin : early 15c., "tendency, likelihood," from Middle French aptitude (14c.) or directly from Late Latin aptitudo (genitive aptitudinis) "fitness," noun of quality from Latin aptus "joined, fitted" (see apt). Meaning "natural capacity to learn" is 1540s; that of "quality of being fit (for a purpose or position)" is from 1640s.

noun inclination
noun quickness at learning

Example sentences :

He appeared to have no aptitude at all for the business of soap making.
Extract from : « The Age of Invention » by Holland Thompson

He had seized a sword from a dying hand and was wielding it with aptitude and power.
Extract from : « The Martian Cabal » by Roman Frederick Starzl

When Piloti became old enough he was taught the piano, for which he had aptitude.
Extract from : « Melomaniacs » by James Huneker

It substitutes an aptitude for what ought to be pure acquirement.
Extract from : « The Bramleighs Of Bishop's Folly » by Charles James Lever

It is doubtful if the Phoenicians possessed any aptitude for the arts.
Extract from : « The Legacy of Greece » by Various

She had no aptitude for aimlessness, and moreover thought it vulgar.
Extract from : « The Tragic Muse » by Henry James

She had the aptitude for the work and the means for thorough study.
Extract from : « Girls and Women » by Harriet E. Paine (AKA E. Chester}

For seven or eight years, he showed no desire nor aptitude to be anything else.
Extract from : « American Men of Mind » by Burton E. Stevenson

Of romance in him there was nothing left, while in her the aptitude for romance had only just been born.
Extract from : « Miss Mackenzie » by Anthony Trollope

Their eagerness and aptitude in learning to read surprises every one.
Extract from : « Letters from Port Royal » by Various

Synonyms for aptitude

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