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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

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;
[syn: unsuitability, unsuitableness, ineptness]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Ineptness \In*ept"ness\, n. Unfitness; ineptitude. [1913 Webster] The feebleness and miserable ineptness of infancy. --Dr. H. More. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

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 [syn: unsuitability, unsuitableness, ineptness] [ant: suitability, suitableness]