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ineptness|ɪˈnɛptnɪs|
[f. inept + -ness.]
The quality of being inept.
1. = ineptitude 1.
1633W. Struther True Happines 66 An universall ineptnesse, both in soul and bodie to any good office. 1661G. Rust Origen's Opin. in Phenix (1721) I. 24 An utter ineptness to all things worthy of a Man. 1722Wollaston Relig. Nat. ix. vii. (Seager), The ineptness of matter has been well considered.
2. = ineptitude 2.
1877Sparrow Serm. xiii. 173 They rebuke the multitude for the grossness and ineptness of their views. 1892Times 28 Apr. 5/1 Able, thanks to the ineptness of the prosecution, to transform the prisoner's dock into a Tribune from which he preached Anarchy. |