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Ineptness   /ɪnˈɛptnɪs/   Listen
Ineptness

noun
1.
Unskillfulness resulting from a lack of training.  Synonyms: awkwardness, clumsiness, ineptitude, maladroitness, slowness.
2.
The quality of having the wrong properties for a specific purpose.  Synonyms: unsuitability, unsuitableness.





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"Ineptness" Quotes from Famous Books



... produces its like, unless prevented by insufficient power or ineptness of matter: thus a small fire cannot burn green wood. But in generation the active force is in the male. Since, therefore, in the state of innocence man's active force was not subject to defect, nor was there inept matter on the part ...
— Summa Theologica, Part I (Prima Pars) - From the Complete American Edition • Thomas Aquinas


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