as in inability
a lack of the level of skill associated with an expert or professional
the inexpertness of the plasterwork is painfully obvious to all who visit that historic house
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For more than 50 years, mental health literature has taught professionals about narcissistic behavior, with its grandiosity, exaggerated need for praise, inability to admit error, and turning setbacks into personal grievances.—
Sun Sentinel Editorial Board,
Sun Sentinel,
9 Apr. 2026 -
The first season is stubbornly serialized, despite its inability to maintain logic from scene to scene, let alone episode to episode.—
Ben Travers,
IndieWire,
9 Apr. 2026
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Their design was unpolished, even primitive, seemingly to convey a sense of slapdash amateurishness.—
Gary Baum,
HollywoodReporter,
11 Feb. 2026
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There was also a path through college hockey, which was typically forged by a stop in the United States Hockey League (USHL), which met NCAA amateurism rules.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
7 Apr. 2026
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Last summer’s House settlement, which permits schools to directly pay their athletes roughly $20 million this year across all sports, drove a final stake through the college amateurism model.—
Justin Williams,
New York Times,
25 Mar. 2026
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“Inexpertness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inexpertness. Accessed 17 Apr. 2026.
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