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incompetence

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in·com·pe·tence  (n-kmp-tns)
n.
The quality or state of being incompetent.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.incompetenceincompetence - lack of physical or intellectual ability or qualifications
inability, unfitness - lacking the power to perform
competence, competency - the quality of being adequately or well qualified physically and intellectually
2.incompetence - inability of a part or organ to function properly
disease - an impairment of health or a condition of abnormal functioning
hypogonadism - incompetence of the gonads (especially in the male with low testosterone); results in deficient development of secondary sex characteristics and (in prepubertal males) a body with long legs and a short trunk
valvular incompetence - inability of a bodily valve to close completely

incompetence
noun ineptitude, inability, inadequacy, incapacity, ineffectiveness, uselessness, insufficiency, ineptness, incompetency, unfitness, incapability, skill-lessness The incompetence of government officials is appalling.
Translations
incompetence [ɪnˈkɒmpɪtəns] N
1.incompetencia f
he was fired for incompetencelo despidieron por incompetente
see also gross A1
2. (Jur) → incapacidad f
incompetence [ɪnˈkɒmpɪtəns] n [worker, official] → incompétence f, incapacité f
incompetence, incompetency
n
Unfähigkeit f; (for job) → Untauglichkeit f
(Jur) → Unzuständigkeit f, → Inkompetenz f
incompetence [ɪnˈkɒmpɪtns] nincompetenza
incompetence [ɪnˈkɒmpɪtns] nincompetenza


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Some have felt that these blundering lives are due to the inconvenient indefiniteness with which the Supreme Power has fashioned the natures of women: if there were one level of feminine incompetence as strict as the ability to count three and no more, the social lot of women might be treated with scientific certitude.
you're dismissed, sir, for incompetence and cowardice, and if you're not off the premises in three minutes it'll be the worse for you
At such times as this, apprehending the grounds of her refusal to be her modest sense of incompetence in matters social and polite, he would say that she was wonderfully well-informed and versatile--which was certainly true, her natural quickness, and her admiration for him, having led her to pick up his vocabulary, his accent, and fragments of his knowledge, to a surprising extent.
 
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