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INAPTNESS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does inaptness mean?
• INAPTNESS (noun)
The noun INAPTNESS has 1 sense:
1. inappropriateness
Familiarity information: INAPTNESS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Inappropriateness
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Synonyms:
inappositeness; inaptness
Context example:
greater inaptness of expression would be hard to imagine
Hypernyms ("inaptness" is a kind of...):
inappropriateness; unworthiness (the quality of being not particularly suitable or befitting)
Antonym:
aptness (appropriateness for the occasion)
Derivation:
inapt (not elegant or graceful in expression)
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