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单词 unproficiency
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unproficiencyn.

Brit. /(ˌ)ʌnprəˈfɪʃnsi/, U.S. /ˌənprəˈfɪʃənsi/
Forms: see un- prefix1 and proficiency n.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: un- prefix1, proficiency n.
Etymology: < un- prefix1 + proficiency n., after unproficient adj.
1. Lack of spiritual or moral progress. Obsolete.
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the world > action or operation > continuing > progress, advance, or further continuance > [noun] > to a further or higher stage > lack of
unproficiency1612
improgressiveness1800
1612 Bp. J. Hall Contempl. I. O.T. iv. 318 As on the contrary, carelesnes carries vs to a meere vnproficiency [printed more proficiency; see erratum note at sig. ¶8] vnder the best means of God.
1665 R. Boyle Occas. Refl. iv. ix. sig. Dd6 'Tis no mean sign of Proficiency in Piety, to be apt to deplore ones unproficiency.
1691 J. Norris Pract. Disc. Divine Subj. To Rdr. sig. A5v The unproficiency of the World under such extraordinary Advantages.
2. Lack of skill, competence, or expertise.
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1797 J. Home Rectified Rep. Berwickshire Agric. 143 We consider..the existing circumstances of the shire, and unproficiency of the agricultural art.
1863 E. B. Foote Med. Common Sense i. iv. 121 What nonsense then for men to attempt to grasp knowledge and skill in all branches of the healing art, blundering along through years of unproficiency.
1917 G. W. Ogden Rustler of Wind River iii. 37 He played by ‘air’, as he said, despising the unproficiency of all such as had need of looking on a book while they fiddled.
2005 S. Canagarajah in G. Cortese & A. Duszak Identity, Community, Disc. 62 The deviations from the norm may not be signs of unproficiency.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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