INEPTNESS

unsuitability, unsuitableness, ineptness

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

awkwardness, clumsiness, ineptness, ineptitude, maladroitness, slowness

(noun) unskillfulness resulting from a lack of training

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

ineptness (usually uncountable, plural ineptnesses)

The quality or degree of being inept.

Synonyms

• (quality or degree of being inept): awkwardness, incompetence, ineptitude, unfitness, unsuitability

Source: Wiktionary


In*ept"ness, n.

Definition: Unfitness; ineptitude. The feebleness and miserable ineptness of infancy. Dr. H. More.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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9 May 2024

CONSECRATION

(noun) (religion) sanctification of something by setting it apart (usually with religious rites) as dedicated to God; “the Cardinal attended the consecration of the church”


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The average annual yield from one coffee tree is the equivalent of 1 to 1 1/2 pounds of roasted coffee. It takes about 4,000 hand-picked green coffee beans to make a pound of coffee.

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