INEPTNESS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does ineptness mean? 

• INEPTNESS (noun)
  The noun INEPTNESS has 2 senses:

1. unskillfulness resulting from a lack of training

2. the quality of having the wrong properties for a specific purpose

  Familiarity information: INEPTNESS used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• INEPTNESS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Unskillfulness resulting from a lack of training

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Synonyms:

awkwardness; clumsiness; ineptitude; ineptness; maladroitness; slowness

Hypernyms ("ineptness" is a kind of...):

unskillfulness (a lack of cognitive skill)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "ineptness"):

rustiness (ineptitude or awkwardness as a consequence of age or lack of practice)

Derivation:

inept (not elegant or graceful in expression)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The quality of having the wrong properties for a specific purpose

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

ineptness; unsuitability; unsuitableness

Hypernyms ("ineptness" is a kind of...):

quality (an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "ineptness"):

inappropriateness; unworthiness (the quality of being not particularly suitable or befitting)

unfitness (the quality of not being suitable)

inconvenience (the quality of not being useful or convenient)

Derivation:

inept (revealing lack of perceptiveness or judgment or finesse)

inept (generally incompetent and ineffectual)