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English Dictionary: ineptness by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
ineptness
n
  1. unskillfulness resulting from a lack of training [syn: awkwardness, clumsiness, ineptness, ineptitude, maladroitness, slowness]
  2. the quality of having the wrong properties for a specific purpose
    Synonym(s): unsuitability, unsuitableness, ineptness
    Antonym(s): suitability, suitableness
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Ineptness \In*ept"ness\, n.
      Unfitness; ineptitude.
  
               The feebleness and miserable ineptness of infancy.
                                                                              --Dr. H. More.
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