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  • 131Unskillfulness — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Unskillfulness >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 unskillfulness unskillfulness &c. >Adj. Sgm: N 1 want of skill want of skill &c. 698 Sgm: N 1 incompetence incompetence incompentency Sgm: N 1 inability inability infel …

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  • 132abuse — {{11}}abuse (n.) mid 15c., improper practice, from Fr. abus (14c.), from L. abusus (see ABUSE (Cf. abuse) (v.)). Earlier in Middle English was abusion wicked act or practice, shameful thing, violation of decency (early 14c.), an insult (mid 14c.) …

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