paltriness
81ineptitude — noun 1. unskillfulness resulting from a lack of training • Syn: ↑awkwardness, ↑clumsiness, ↑ineptness, ↑maladroitness, ↑slowness • Derivationally related forms: ↑slow (for: ↑ …
82paltry — adj. (paltrier, paltriest) worthless, contemptible, trifling. Derivatives: paltriness n. Etymology: 16th c.: f. paltry trash app. f. palt, pelt rubbish + RY (cf. trumpery): cf. LG paltrig ragged …
83worthlessness — noun 1. having no qualities that would render it valuable or useful (Freq. 1) the drill sergeant s intent was to convince all the recruits of their worthlessness • Syn: ↑ineptitude • Ant: ↑worth • Derivationally related forms: ↑ …
84JOB, BOOK OF — (named for its hero (Heb. אִיּוֹב), ancient South Arabian and Thamudic yʾb; Old Babylonian Ayyābum, Tell el Amarna tablet, no. 256, line 6, A ia ab; either from yʾb, to bear ill will or compounded of ay where? and ʾab (divine) father ), one of… …
