Meaning

noun unskillfulness resulting from a lack of training

noun the quality of having the wrong properties for a specific purpose

originEtymology tree English inept Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English ineptness From inept + -ness.

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