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noun
The quality or degree of being inept.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
the quality of having the wrong properties for a specific purpose
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: unsuitability, unsuitableness
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: quality
Narrower terms: inappropriateness, unworthiness, unfitness, inconvenience
noun
unskillfulness resulting from a lack of training
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: awkwardness, clumsiness, ineptitude, maladroitness, slowness
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: unskillfulness
Narrower terms: rustiness
History
Etymology tree English inept Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English ineptness From inept + -ness.
Across languages
4 source translations are retained for this English entry.
