Ineptness

in·ept  (n-pt)

adj.

1. Not apt or fitting; inappropriate.

2.

a. Displaying a lack of judgment, sense, or reason; foolish: an inept remark.

b. Bungling or clumsy; incompetent: inept handling of the account.

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[Latin ineptus : in-, not; see in-¹ + aptus, suitable; see apt.]

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in·eptly adv.

in·eptness n.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	ineptness - unskillfulness resulting from a lack of training awkwardness, clumsiness, ineptitude, maladroitness, slowness unskillfulness - a lack of cognitive skill rustiness - ineptitude or awkwardness as a consequence of age or lack of practice; "his rustiness showed when he was asked to speed up"
	2.	ineptness - the quality of having the wrong properties for a specific purpose unsuitability, unsuitableness inappropriateness, unworthiness - the quality of being not particularly suitable or befitting; "he retracted nothing that he had said about the inappropriateness of either a corporeal God or a God who is a person"; "his praise released from her loud protestations of her unworthiness" unfitness - the quality of not being suitable; "the judges agreed on his unfitness for the appointment" inconvenience - the quality of not being useful or convenient quality - an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone; "the quality of mercy is not strained"--Shakespeare