ineptness
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
unskillfulness resulting from a lack of training
Types & categories
- unskillfulness hypernym
- rustiness hyponym
Related & opposite
Sense 2 noun
the quality of having the wrong properties for a specific purpose
Types & categories
- quality hypernym
- inappropriateness hyponym
- unfitness hyponym
- inconvenience hyponym
Related & opposite
- suitability antonym
- tactless derivation
- inept derivation
- undesirable derivation
- unsuitable derivation
- unsuitable derivation
- inapplicable derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | maladroit |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | dumb |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | inept |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | awkward |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | bungling |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | unskillfulness |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | rustiness |
| 2 | antonym | Related & opposite | suitability |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | tactless |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | inept |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | undesirable |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | unsuitable |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | unsuitable |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | inapplicable |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | quality |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | inappropriateness |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | unfitness |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | inconvenience |