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Terrible ladies' man, sort to show ineptitude (13)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

maladroitness

'ineptitude' is the definition.
('maladroitness' can be a synonym of 'ineptitude')

'terrible ladies' man sort' is the wordplay.
'terrible' is an anagram indicator.
'ladies'+'man'+'sort'='ladiesmansort'
'ladiesmansort' anagrammed gives 'MALADROITNESS'.

'to show' is the link.

(Other definitions for maladroitness that I've seen before include "Clumsiness" , "insensitivity" , "Clumsy behaviour" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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