unskillfulness
NounOpen English WordNet
Noun (1)
- a lack of cognitive skillOpposite skillfulnessType of inabilityKinds awkwardness, amateurishness, incoordination, inefficiency, unreality, disfluency
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
“unskillfulness” is listed under Unskillful.
Un·skill′ful adjective
Origin: Spelt also unskilful.
1. Not skillful; inexperienced; awkward; bungling; as, an unskillful surgeon or mechanic; an unskillful logician.
2. Lacking discernment; injudicious; ignorant.
Though it make the unskillful laugh, can not but make the judicious grieve.— William Shakespeare
— Un·skill′wb-a1′>′ful·ly, adverb — Un·skill′wb-a1′>′ful·ness, noun
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54