ineptitude

1. Unskillfulness resulting from a lack of training (synset 105656304)
   is a type of: unskillfulness - a lack of cognitive skill
   subtypes: rustiness - ineptitude or awkwardness as a consequence of age or lack of practice
   same as: awkwardness, clumsiness, ineptness, maladroitness, slowness
2. Having no qualities that would render it valuable or useful (synset 105146826)
   "the drill sergeant's intent was to convince all the recruits of their worthlessness"
   is a type of: quality - an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone
   subtypes:

   • fecklessness - worthlessness due to being feeble and ineffectual
   • groundlessness, idleness - the quality of lacking substance or value
   • paltriness, sorriness - worthlessness due to insignificance
   • valuelessness - having none of the properties that endow something with value
   • shoddiness, trashiness - the quality of being cheaply imitative of something better
   • damn, darn, hoot, red cent, shit, shucks, tinker's dam, tinker's damn - something of little value
   • emptiness, vanity - the quality of being valueless or futile
   same as: worthlessness

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