In·ept·ness, n. Unfitness; ineptitude.
     The feebleness and miserable ineptness of infancy.   --Dr. H. More.
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  ineptness
       n 1: unskillfulness resulting from a lack of training [syn: awkwardness,
             clumsiness, ineptitude, maladroitness, slowness]
       2: the quality of having the wrong properties for a specific
          purpose [syn: unsuitability, unsuitableness] [ant: suitability,
           suitability]