incompetence

nounattested in dialogue

//ɪnˈkɒm.pə.təns//

An inability to perform; a lack of competence; ineptitude.

noun

1
An inability to perform; a lack of competence; ineptitude.
... at the head of a crew, too, chiefly made up of mongrel renegades, and castaways, and cannibals--morally enfeebled also, by the incompetence of mere unaided virtue or right-mindedness in Starbuck
Winston did not know why Withers had been disgraced. Perhaps it was for corruption or incompetence. Perhaps Big Brother was merely getting rid of a too-popular subordinate.
The factory where she worked was a poisonous mass of incompetence, favoritism, and sabotage.

Etymology

From French incompétence, equivalent to in- + competence.

Forms

plural: incompetences

including · Such as, among which; introducing one or more parts of the…income · Money one earns by working or by capitalising on the work of…incoming · Coming (or about to come) in; arriving.

incompetence · An inability to perform; a lack of competence; ineptitude.

incompetent · Lacking the degree of ability and responsibility necessary to…incomplete · Not complete; not finished.incomprehensible · Impossible or very difficult to understand.

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