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First published 2002 (DOST Vol. XI).
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Unproficiencie, n. [17th c. Eng. vnproficiency (1625).] Lack of proficiency, incompetence —1670 Peebles B. Rec. II 83.
Mr. Thomas Pillines, scoolmaster, … is [reproved for his] unproficiencie, and for the decaying of the scoole [in his] neglect
