ineptness
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in·ept
(ĭn-ĕpt′)adj.
1. Lacking or showing a lack of skill or competence; bungling or clumsy: an inept actor; an inept performance.
2. Showing a lack of judgment, sense, or reason; inappropriate or foolish: an inept remark.
[Latin ineptus : in-, not; see in-1 + aptus, suitable; see apt.]
in·ept′ly adv.
in·ept′ness n.
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Noun | 1. | ![]() 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 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 |
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