| Pronunciation: | | `in'eptnus
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- [n] the quality of having the wrong properties for a specific purpose
- [n] unskillfulness resulting from a lack of training
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| | Synonyms: | | awkwardness, clumsiness, ineptitude, maladroitness, slowness, unsuitability, unsuitableness |
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| | Antonyms: | | suitability, suitableness |
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| | See Also: | | inappropriateness, inconvenience, quality, unfitness, unskillfulness |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \In*ept"ness\, n.
Unfitness; ineptitude.
The feebleness and miserable ineptness of infancy.
--Dr. H. More.
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