inaptness
51infelicity — n 1. unhappiness, sadness, melancholy, woe, dole, wretchedness, misery, gloom; hopelessness, despair, desolation, despondency; sorrow, chagrin, affliction, pain; tribulation, mortification, remorse, regret. 2. misfortune, bad luck, adversity, no… …
52unconformity — n incongruity, inappropriateness, inaptness, inappositeness, unsuitability, unfitness; impropriety, unseemliness, indecorum; disharmony, disparity, divergence, diversity, difference, dissimilarity; inconsistency, contradiction, contrariety;… …
53infelicity — in•fe•lic•i•ty [[t]ˌɪn fəˈlɪs ɪ ti[/t]] n. pl. ties 1) the quality or state of being unhappy; unhappiness 2) misfortune; bad luck 3) an unfortunate circumstance 4) inaptness or inappropriateness, as of action or expression 5) something… …
54inapt — /ɪnˈæpt/ (say in apt) adjective 1. not apt or fitted. 2. without aptitude or capacity. {in 3 + apt; cf. inept} –inaptly, adverb –inaptness, noun …
55infelicity — /ɪnfəˈlɪsəti/ (say infuh lisuhtee) noun (plural infelicities) 1. the state of being unhappy; unhappiness. 2. ill fortune. 3. an unfortunate circumstance; a misfortune. 4. inaptness or inappropriateness as of action or expression. 5. something… …
56inadequacy — [n] shortage, defect, inability blemish, dearth, defalcation, defectiveness, deficiency, deficit, drawback, failing, faultiness, flaw, imperfection, inadequateness, inaptness, incapacity, incompetence, incompetency, incompleteness,… …
57physical impossibility — Impossibility of accomplishment under the state of science and mechanics of the day. A concept which varies from age to age, even from decade to decade, illustrated by the inaptness of the stock example given not so many years ago of traveling… …
58inapt — [in apt′] adj. 1. not apt; not suitable; inappropriate 2. lacking skill or aptitude; inept inaptitude [inap′tə to͞od΄, in ap′tətyo͞od΄] n. inaptly adv. inaptness n …
59appositeness — noun appropriateness for the occasion the phrase had considerable aptness • Syn: ↑aptness • Ant: ↑inappositeness, ↑inaptness (for: ↑aptness) • …
60aptness — noun 1. a disposition to behave in a certain way the aptness of iron to rust the propensity of disease to spread • Syn: ↑propensity • Derivationally related forms: ↑apt • Hypernyms: ↑disposition …
