as in inability
the lack of sufficient ability, power, or means
the astounding incompetence of the new assistant
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Recent Examples of incompetence
Yet, most managerial shortcomings aren’t due to incompetence or lack of knowledge.
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Paola Cecchi-Dimeglio, Forbes, 4 Mar. 2025
This assumption of incompetence really weathers us.
—Marianne Schnall, Forbes, 11 Mar. 2025
In short, Trump-Musk incompetence and recklessness may — just may — discredit the vandals in Washington and rein them in.
—Nicholas Kristof, The Mercury News, 11 Mar. 2025
Then a couple of years pass, and the American people punish the hell out of them—for their failures, for their incompetence, and just for their ideological excesses.
—David Remnick, The New Yorker, 9 Mar. 2025
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Paola Cecchi-Dimeglio, Forbes, 4 Mar. 2025
This assumption of incompetence really weathers us.
—Marianne Schnall, Forbes, 11 Mar. 2025
In short, Trump-Musk incompetence and recklessness may — just may — discredit the vandals in Washington and rein them in.
—Nicholas Kristof, The Mercury News, 11 Mar. 2025
Then a couple of years pass, and the American people punish the hell out of them—for their failures, for their incompetence, and just for their ideological excesses.
—David Remnick, The New Yorker, 9 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for incompetence
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“Incompetence.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/incompetence. Accessed 30 Mar. 2025.
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