Definition of Ineptness

1. Noun. Unskillfulness resulting from a lack of training.

Exact synonyms: Awkwardness, Clumsiness, Ineptitude, Maladroitness, Slowness
Generic synonyms: Unskillfulness
Specialized synonyms: Rustiness
Derivative terms: Awkward, Awkward, Clumsy, Inept, Maladroit, Slow

2. Noun. The quality of having the wrong properties for a specific purpose.

Definition of Ineptness

1. n. Unfitness; ineptitude.

Definition of Ineptness

1. Noun. The quality or degree of being inept. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Ineptness

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Ineptness

ineloquently
ineluctability
ineluctable
ineluctably
ineludible
inembryonate
inenarrable
inenubilable
inenumerable
inept
inepter
ineptest
ineptitude
ineptitudes
ineptly
ineptness
ineptnesses
ineptocracies
ineptocracy
inequable
inequal
inequalitarian
inequalitarianism
inequalitarians
inequalities
inequality
inequally
inequation
inequations
inequidistant

Literary usage of Ineptness

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Our Short Story Writers by Blanche Colton Williams (1920)
"the shams and weaknesses attendant upon ineptness in literature in art, ineptness joined to pretense. In this instance, she lets fly her barbed shaft ..."

2. The Loyalists of America and Their Times: From 1620 to 1816 by Egerton Ryerson (1880)
"Their " lameness" and " ineptness" and " impotence" plainly arose from ... We forget not our ineptness as to those approaches ; we at present owne such ..."

3. How We Think by John Dewey (1910)
"The gullibility of specialized scholars when out of their own lines, their extravagant habits of inference and speech, their ineptness in reaching ..."

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