"ineptness" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-ineptness.wav [US] Forms: ineptnesses [plural]
Etymology: inept + -ness Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|inept|ness}} inept + -ness Head templates: {{en-noun|-|+}} ineptness (usually uncountable, plural ineptnesses)
  1. The quality or degree of being inept. Tags: uncountable, usually Synonyms (quality or degree of being inept): awkwardness, incompetence, ineptitude, unfitness, unsuitability Translations (being inept): Unfähigkeit (english: inability) [feminine] (German), Untauglichkeit (unfitness) [feminine] (German), inettitudine [feminine] (Italian)
    Sense id: en-ineptness-en-noun-7H85j6VS Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ness

Inflected forms

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