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non-proˈficiency
[non- 1.]
Failure to make progress or improve.
1592Harvey Pierce's Super. Wks. (Grosart) II. 13 He shall finde a cold aduersary of him, that..might easely be induced to be the Inuectiue of his owne Nonproficiency. 1607R. C[arew] tr. Estienne's World of Wonders 30 He twits his auditors not so much for their non-proficiencie..as for their deficiency. 1666Abp. Sancroft Lex Ignea 10 Our foul and shameful Non-proficiency under so plentiful a Grace. 1671J. Webster Metallogr. i. 16 The reasons of the non-proficiency of the knowledge of Minerals and Metals in general. 1721in Bailey. |