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unskillfulness

unskillfulness noun: the state or quality of being unskillful, of lacking skill.

Noun

unskillfulness (uncountable)

  1. The state or quality of being unskillful, of lacking skill
    • Grammar is perhaps the most comprehensive of all studies; but it is chiefly owing to the unskillfulness of instructors, and to the errors and defects of the systems in use, that it is commonly regarded as the most dry and difficult. 5. "1851, Goold Brown, The Grammar of English Grammars
    • Thirteen years later, a variety of causes, some of which will be unfolded in the course of this narrative, had contributed to irritate the impatience of the nation, while the unskillfulness of the existing minister had disarmed the royal authority.1876, Charles Duke Yonge, The Life of Marie Antoinette, Queen of France

Origin of unskillfulness

From unskillful + -ness.

Questions about unskillfulness

What does unskillfulness mean?
Unskillfulness means the state or quality of being unskillful, of lacking skill.
What part of speech is unskillfulness?
Unskillfulness is a noun.

Words near unskillfulness in the dictionary

  1. unskilledly
  2. unskilledness
  3. unskillful
  4. unskillfullness
  5. unskillfully
  6. unskillfulness
  7. unskimmed
  8. unskimped
  9. unskimpy
  10. unskin
  11. unskinned

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