Ineptness

Synonyms for "ineptness" (24 found)

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Closest matches (5)

Noun(4 words)

awkwardness ineptitude unsuitability clumsiness

awkwardness

Strong matches (7)

impotence inability inadequacy inaptitude incapability incapacity

Noun(1 words)

incompetence

Related words (12)

ineffectiveness ineffectuality inefficiency maladjustment mediocrity thoughtlessness unintelligence unsuitability

Noun(4 words)

maladroitness slowness unfitness unsuitableness

Related word relations

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4 relation types

More general

2 entries

quality unskillfulness

Synonyms

2 entries

awkwardness unsuitability

derived from

1 entries

inept

related to

3 entries

degree inept quality

Translations

4 translations across 3 languages.

Bulgarian

1 entries

неспособност noun (being inept)

German

2 entries

Unfähigkeit noun (being inept)
Untauglichkeit (unfitness) noun (being inept)

Italian

1 entries

inettitudine noun (being inept)

Sample sentences

3 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

"Jerk" connotes an embarrassing social and verbal ineptness.

Source: tatoeba (2042079)

The ineptness of the novice jugglers was apparent as they frequently dropped their juggling pins.

Source: wiktionary

Today has been a day of folly, stupidity, and ineptness. The time is now eleven o'clock in the evening, and I am sitting in my room and thinking.

Source: wiktionary

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