ineptness

Noun

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

ineptness(n = noun.cognition) awkwardness, clumsiness, ineptitude, maladroitness, slowness - unskillfulness resulting from a lack of training; Array

is a kind of unskillfulness

has particulars: rustiness

Derived form adjective inept₁

ineptness(n = noun.attribute) unsuitability, unsuitableness - the quality of having the wrong properties for a specific purpose; Array

has particulars: inappropriateness, unworthiness, unfitness, inconvenience

is a kind of quality

Derived forms adjective inept₃, adjective inept₂

ineptness, n.

Unfitness; ineptitude. [1913 Webster]

"The feebleness and miserable ineptness of infancy." [1913 Webster]

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