"ineptness" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-ineptness.wav Forms: ineptnesses [plural]
Etymology: From 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)

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