incompetence
Example Sentences
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"Omission, negligence or incompetence, it's the same," she said.
From Barron's
It’s not the disinformation he and allies may find hard to admit, it’s the incompetence—the BBC-like incompetence.
Under the California Probate Code, the most common reasons include breach of trust, insolvency, unfitness and incompetence, hostility or deadlock, excessive and/or disqualification where the trustee becomes legally barred from serving.
From MarketWatch
This mixture of vagueness and sheer incompetence is the most marked characteristic of modern English prose, and especially of any kind of political writing.
From Salon
He’ll focus first on city services such as garbage collection, knowing he can lose it all if he shows incompetence on the basics.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
