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Ineptness

Unfitness; ineptitude.

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Inconvenience 76% connected

The quality or condition of being inconvenient; want of convenience; unfitness; unsuitableness; inexpediency; awkwardness; as, the inconvenience of t…

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Rustiness 76% connected

The quality or state of being rusty.

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Quality 76% connected

The condition of being of such and such a sort as distinguished from others; nature or character relatively considered, as of goods; character; sort;…

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Clumsiness 92% connected

The quality of being clumsy.

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Ineptitude 92% connected

The quality of being inept; unfitness; inaptitude; unsuitableness.

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Slowness 92% connected

The quality or state of being slow.

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the quality of being able to perform; a quality that permits or facilitates achievement or accomplishment

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Accuracy noun · 86% connection

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Adequacy noun · 86% connection

the quality of being sufficient for the end in view; "he questioned the sufficiency of human intelligence"

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Air noun · 86% connection

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Appearance noun · 86% connection

outward or visible aspect of a person or thing

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Bad noun · 86% connection

that which is below standard or expectations as of ethics or decency; "take the bad with the good"

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Believability noun · 86% connection

the quality of being believable or trustworthy

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an abstract or general idea inferred or derived from specific instances

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an abstract or general idea inferred or derived from specific instances

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an abstract or general idea inferred or derived from specific instances

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Credibility noun · 86% connection

the quality of being believable or trustworthy

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Credibleness noun · 86% connection

the quality of being believable or trustworthy

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Evidence noun · 86% connection

your basis for belief or disbelief; knowledge on which to base belief; "the evidence that smoking causes lung cancer is very compellin…

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Grounds noun · 86% connection

your basis for belief or disbelief; knowledge on which to base belief; "the evidence that smoking causes lung cancer is very compellin…

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Hardness noun · 86% connection

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the quality of being funny; "I fail to see the humor in it"

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the appearance of things relative to one another as determined by their distance from the viewer

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Crudeness noun · 78% connection

A crude, undigested, or unprepared state; rawness; unripeness; immatureness; unfitness for a destined use or purpose; as, the crudenes…

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Crying adjective · 78% connection

conspicuously and outrageously bad or reprehensible; "a crying shame"; "an egregious lie"; "flagrant violation of human rights"; "a gl…

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Disability noun · 78% connection

the condition of being unable to perform as a consequence of physical or mental unfitness; "reading disability"; "hearing impairment"

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Disablement noun · 78% connection

the condition of being unable to perform as a consequence of physical or mental unfitness; "reading disability"; "hearing impairment"

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Disagree verb · 78% connection

To be unsuited; to have unfitness; as, medicine sometimes disagrees with the patient; food often disagrees with the stomach or the tas…

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Disqualification noun · 78% connection

unfitness that bars you from participation

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Egregious adjective · 78% connection

conspicuously and outrageously bad or reprehensible; "a crying shame"; "an egregious lie"; "flagrant violation of human rights"; "a gl…

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Flagrant adjective · 78% connection

conspicuously and outrageously bad or reprehensible; "a crying shame"; "an egregious lie"; "flagrant violation of human rights"; "a gl…

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Glaring adjective · 78% connection

conspicuously and outrageously bad or reprehensible; "a crying shame"; "an egregious lie"; "flagrant violation of human rights"; "a gl…

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Gross adjective · 78% connection

conspicuously and outrageously bad or reprehensible; "a crying shame"; "an egregious lie"; "flagrant violation of human rights"; "a gl…

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Handicap noun · 78% connection

the condition of being unable to perform as a consequence of physical or mental unfitness; "reading disability"; "hearing impairment"

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Impairment noun · 78% connection

the condition of being unable to perform as a consequence of physical or mental unfitness; "reading disability"; "hearing impairment"

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Impertinence noun · 78% connection

The condition or quality of being impertnent; absence of pertinence, or of adaptedness; irrelevance; unfitness.

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