Unproficiency

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Lack of proficiency. uncountable

    "One is sick of the pleuritical stitches of envy; one of the contracting cramp of covetousness; another of the atrophy of unproficiency."

Synonyms

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inabilityinadequacyinaptitudeincapabilityincapacityincompetence

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"One is sick of the pleuritical stitches of envy; one of the contracting cramp of covetousness; another of the atrophy of unproficiency."

Etymology

From un- + proficiency.

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