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PROFICIENCY Antonyms

There are 8 antonyms of the word proficiency. (opposite meanings)
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Best Opposite Words For PROFICIENCY

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amateurishness
nounn
noun

• something that demonstrates a lack of professional competency

clumsiness
nounn
noun

• unskillfulness resulting from a lack of training

• the carriage of someone whose movements and posture are ungainly or inelegant

• the inelegance of someone stiff and unrelaxed (as by embarrassment)

deficiency
nounn
noun

• the state of needing something that is absent or unavailable

• lack of an adequate quantity or number

inability
nounn
noun

• lack of ability (especially mental ability) to do something

• lacking the power to perform

inadequacy
nounn
noun

• lack of an adequate quantity or number

• a lack of competence

• unsatisfactoriness by virtue of being inadequate

incompetence
nounn
noun

• lack of physical or intellectual ability or qualifications

• inability of a part or organ to function properly

ineptitude
nounn
noun

• unskillfulness resulting from a lack of training

• having no qualities that would render it valuable or useful

inexperience
nounn
noun

• lack of experience and the knowledge and understanding derived from experience

Alternatives for CLUMSINESS

Alternatives for DEFICIENCY

Alternatives for INABILITY

Alternatives for INADEQUACY

Alternatives for INCOMPETENCE

Alternatives for INEPTITUDE

Alternatives for INEXPERIENCE

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