Ineptness \In*ept"ness\, n. Unfitness; ineptitude. The feebleness and miserable ineptness of infancy. --Dr. H. More.
ineptness n 1: unskillfulness resulting from a lack of training [syn: {awkwardness}, {clumsiness}, {ineptitude}, {maladroitness}, {slowness}] 2: the quality of having the wrong properties for a specific purpose [syn: {unsuitability}, {unsuitableness}] [ant: {suitability}, {suitability}]