ineptness
Unfähigkeit, Untauglichkeit (unfitness)
The quality or degree of being ineptThe quality or degree of being inept.
US/ˌɪnˈɛptnɪs/
» "Jerk" connotes an embarrassing social and verbal ineptness.
halfb1t · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
1 senses(uncountable, usually)The quality or degree of being inept.
The ineptness of the novice jugglers was apparent as they frequently dropped their juggling pins.
Unfähigkeit, Untauglichkeit (unfitness)
More definitions
- the quality of having the wrong properties for a specific purpose
- unskillfulness resulting from a lack of training
Examples
1 sentences"Jerk" connotes an embarrassing social and verbal ineptness.
Translations
2 languagesDeutsch
By meaning 1
being inept:
Forms
plural: ineptnesses| Singular | ineptness |
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uncountable
Synonyms
9 synonymsquality or degree of being inept:awkwardnessincompetenceineptitudeunfitnessunsuitability
Close in meaning
- the quality of having the wrong properties for a specific purpose:unsuitabilityunsuitableness
- unskillfulness resulting from a lack of training:awkwardnessclumsinessineptitudemaladroitnessslowness
Word family
1 related wordsRelatedinept
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.