Nice small top slips — being embraced by one naked causes awkwardness (10)
I believe the answer is:
ineptitude
'awkwardness' is the definition.
(I know that awkwardness can be written as ineptitude)
I don't understand how the remainder of the clue works.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for ineptitude that I've seen before include "Awkwardness, clumsiness" , "Incompetence" , "lack of competence" .)