"Jerk" connotes an embarrassing social and verbal ineptness.
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Ineptness
Synonyms for "ineptness" (29 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Closest matches (6)
Noun(6 words)
Strong matches (9)
Noun(2 words)
incompetenceincompetence with tools
Related words (14)
Noun(8 words)
maladroitnessoperational incompetencepoor communicationslownesssocial awkwardnesstool mishandlingunsuitabilityunsuitableness
Related word relations
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More general
6 entriesMore specific
9 entriesbunglingdevice mishandlingfumblingmisoperationmisreading cuesmisusepoor communicationsocial awkwardnesswrong setup
Collocations
5 entriesdegree of ineptnessdisplay of ineptnessgreat ineptnesslevel of ineptnessobvious ineptness
Inflections
1 entriesDerivations
3 entriesSample sentences
3 total sentences available.
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