unproficiency

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

un- +‎ proficiency

Noun[edit]

unproficiency (uncountable)

  1. Lack of proficiency.
    • 1612–1626, [Joseph Hall], “(please specify the page)”, in [Contemplations vpon the Principall Passages of the Holy Storie], volumes (please specify |volume=II, V, or VI), London, →OCLC:
      One is sick of the pleuritical stitches of envy; one of the contracting cramp of covetousness; another of the atrophy of unproficiency.