Ineptness

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

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


     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  ineptness
       n 1: unskillfulness resulting from a lack of training [syn: {awkwardness},
             {clumsiness}, {ineptitude}, {maladroitness}, {slowness}]
       2: the quality of having the wrong properties for a specific
          purpose [syn: {unsuitability}, {unsuitableness}] [ant: {suitability},
           {suitability}]