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ineptness

noun

Etymology

From inept + -ness.

  1. derived from ineptus
  2. borrowed from inepte
  3. suffixed as ineptness — “inept + ness”

Definitions

  1. The quality or degree of being inept.

    • The ineptness of the novice jugglers was apparent as they frequently dropped their juggling pins.
    • Today has been a day of folly, stupidity, and ineptness. The time is now eleven o'clock in the evening, and I am sitting in my room and thinking.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA