Ineptness — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

unskillfulness resulting from a lack of training

the quality of having the wrong properties for a specific purpose

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/ɪnˈɛptnəs/

🇬🇧British English

/ɪnˈɛptnəs/

🇮🇳Indian English

/ɪnˈɛptnəs/

3 syllables Say it as /ɪnˈɛptnəs/.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

ineptitude unsuitableness clumsiness unsuitability awkwardness slowness maladroitness

Antonyms

suitability suitableness

Word Forms

awkward	adjective	not elegant or graceful in expression
clumsy	adjective	showing lack of skill or aptitude
inept	adjective	not elegant or graceful in expression
maladroit	adjective	not adroit
slow	adjective	slow to learn or understand; lacking intellectual acuity; ; ; - Thackeray
unsuitable	adjective	not capable of being applied

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

Unfähigkeit

Unfähigkeit aufgrund mangelnder Ausbildung

🇫🇷French

ineptie

incompétence résultant d'un manque de formation

🇪🇸Spanish

ineptitud

Incapacidad resultante de la falta de formación.

🇮🇹Italian

inettitudine

inabilità derivante da una mancanza di formazione

🇳🇱Dutch

onbekwaamheid

onvaardigheid die het gevolg is van een gebrek aan opleiding

🇵🇹Portuguese

inépcia

inabilidade resultante da falta de treinamento

🇷🇺Russian

неумелость

неумелость, возникающая из-за отсутствия подготовки

India

🇮🇳Hindi

मूर्खता

प्रशिक्षण की कमी से उत्पन्न अकुशलता

🇧🇩Bengali

অযোগ্যতা

প্রশিক্ষণের অভাবের ফলে অদক্ষতা

🇮🇳Tamil

திறமையின்மை

பயிற்சியின்மையால் ஏற்படும் திறமையின்மை

🇮🇳Telugu

అసమర్థత

శిక్షణ లేకపోవడం వల్ల ఏర్పడే నైపుణ్యం లేనితనం

🇮🇳Marathi

अयोग्यता

प्रशिक्षणाच्या अभावामुळे अकुशलता

🇮🇳Gujarati

અયોગ્યતા

તાલીમના અભાવને કારણે અકુશળતા

🇮🇳Kannada

ಅಸಮರ್ಥತೆ

ತರಬೇತಿಯ ಕೊರತೆಯಿಂದ ಉಂಟಾಗುವ ಕೌಶಲ್ಯದ ಕೊರತೆ

🇮🇳Malayalam

അയോഗ്യത

പരിശീലനത്തിൻ്റെ അഭാവത്തിൽ നിന്നുള്ള കഴിവില്ലായ്മ

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਅਯੋਗਤਾ

ਸਿਖਲਾਈ ਦੀ ਕਮੀ ਦੇ ਨਤੀਜੇ ਵਜੋਂ ਅਕੁਸ਼ਲਤਾ

🇵🇰Urdu

نااہلی

تربیت کی کمی کے نتیجے میں بے ہنر پن

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

无能

缺乏训练导致的不熟练

🇯🇵Japanese

無能

訓練不足に起因する未熟さ

🇰🇷Korean

무능함

훈련 부족으로 인한 미숙함

🇻🇳Vietnamese

sự kém cỏi

sự không khéo léo do thiếu đào tạo

🇹🇭Thai

ความไม่เหมาะสม

ความไร้ฝีมืออันเกิดจากการขาดการอบรม

🇮🇩Indonesian

kecanggungan

ketidak terampilan akibat kurangnya pelatihan

🇵🇭Filipino

kawalan ng kakayahan

kawalan ng kakayahan na nagreresulta mula sa kakulangan ng pagsasanay

🇲🇾Malay

ketidakcekapan

ketidakmahiran akibat kekurangan latihan

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

سخافة

- عدم المهارة الناتجة عن نقص التدريب

🇮🇷Persian

ناتوانی

عدم مهارت ناشی از فقدان آموزش

🇹🇷Turkish

beceriksizlik

eğitim eksikliğinden kaynaklanan beceriksizlik

🇮🇱Hebrew

חוסר יכולת

חוסר מיומנות כתוצאה מחוסר הכשרה

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The primary meaning of 'ineptness' is 'unskillfulness resulting from a lack of training'.

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In which domain is the word 'ineptness' most likely to appear as standard vocabulary?

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