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unproficiency

unproficiency noun: lack of proficiency.

Noun

unproficiency (uncountable)

  1. Lack of proficiency.
    • One is sick of the pleuritical stitches of envy; one of the contracting cramp of covetousness; another of the atrophy of unproficiency.1612–1634, [Joseph Hall], “(please specify the page)”, in [Contemplations vpon the Principall Passages of the Holy Storie], volume (please specify |volume=I to VIII), London, →OCLC

Origin of unproficiency

From un- + proficiency.

Questions about unproficiency

What does unproficiency mean?
Unproficiency means lack of proficiency.
What part of speech is unproficiency?
Unproficiency is a noun.

Words near unproficiency in the dictionary

  1. unprofessionalness
  2. unprofessionals
  3. unprofessorial
  4. unprofessorially
  5. unproffered
  6. unproficiency
  7. unproficient
  8. unproficiently
  9. unprofiled
  10. unprofit
  11. unprofitabilities

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