unproficiency

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noun

Lack of proficiency.

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Meanings

noununproficiency (uncountable)
  1. uncountableLack of proficiency.

    One is sick of the pleuritical stitches of envy; one of the contracting cramp of covetousness; another of the atrophy of unproficiency.

    1612–1634, [Joseph Hall], “(please specify the page)”, in [Contemplations vpon the Principall Passages of the Holy Storie], volume (please specify |volume=I to VIII), London, →OCLC

Origin

From un- + proficiency.

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APA

unproficiency. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unproficiency

MLA

“unproficiency.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unproficiency. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “unproficiency,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unproficiency.

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