Noun: ineptness in'ept-nus
- Clumsiness or lack of skill, especially due to insufficient training
"Her ineptness in social situations was painfully obvious";
- awkwardness, clumsiness, ineptitude, maladroitness, slowness, cack-handedness [Brit, informal]
- The quality of having the wrong properties for a specific purpose
"The ineptness of the candidate for the job was evident during the interview";
- unsuitability, unsuitableness
Type of: quality, unskilfulness [Brit, Cdn], unskillfulness [N. Amer]
Antonym: suitableness