A lack of cognitive skill.
Roget 699:
unskillfulness
etc.
adj.;
want of skill
etc.
698;
incompetence,
incompentency†;
inability,
infelicity,
indexterity†,
inexperience;
disqualification,
unproficiency†;
quackery.
folly,
stupidity
etc.
499;
indiscretion
etc.
(rashness)
863;
thoughtlessness
etc.
(inattention)
458
(neglect)
460;
sabotage.
mismanagement,
misconduct;
impolicy†;
maladministration;
misrule,
misgovernment,
misapplication,
misdirection,
misfeasance;
petticoat government.
absence of rule,
rule of thumb;
bungling
etc.
v.;
failure
etc.
732;
screw loose: too many cooks.
blunder
etc.
(mistake)
495;
etourderie gaucherie [Fr.],
act of folly,
balourdise†;
botch,
botchery†;
bad job,
sad work.
sprat sent out to catch a whale,
much ado about nothing,
wild-goose chase.
bungler
etc.
701;
fool
etc.
501.
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Roget 645:
inutility;
uselessness
etc.
adj.;
inefficacy†,
futility;
ineptitude,
inaptitude;
unsubservience†;
inadequacy
etc.
(insufficiency)
640;
inefficiency,
etc.
(incompetence)
158;
unskillfulness
etc.
699;
disservice;
unfruitfulness
etc.
(unproductiveness)..
169;
labor in vain,
labor lost,
labor of Sisyphus;
lost trouble,
lost labor;
work of Penelope;
sleeveless errand,
wild goose chase,
mere farce.
tautology
etc.
(repetition)
104;
supererogation
etc.
(redundancy)
641.
vanitas vanitatum [Lat.],
vanity,
inanity,
worthlessness,
nugacity†;
triviality
etc.
(unimportance)
643.
caput mortuum [Lat.],
waste paper,
dead letter;
blunt tool.
litter,
rubbish,
junk,
lumber,
odds and ends,
cast-off clothes;
button top;
shoddy;
rags,
orts†,
trash,
refuse,
sweepings,
scourings,
offscourings†,
waste,
rubble,
debris,
detritus;
stubble,
leavings;
broken meat;
dregs
etc.
(dirt)
653;
weeds,
tares;
rubbish heap,
dust hole;
rudera†,
deads†.
fruges consumere natus [Lat.]
[Horace].
etc.
(drone)
683
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