Examples of incompetence in a Sentence
Because of his incompetence, we won't make our deadline.
She was fired for gross incompetence.
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As if this stunning display of incompetence was not enough, La Shell — the only non-Family player left on the hike — let David and Parvati finish the hike without a fight.
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Laura Bradley, Vulture, 25 Feb. 2025
Detectives torpedoed their own investigations with long delays, lost evidence, incompetence and attempts to cover up mistakes, police memos show.
—Donna McGuire, Cummings,
and Glenn E. Rice, Kansas City Star, 25 Feb. 2025
Neither person was charged with any sort of fraud or incompetence.
—Andrew Wimer, Forbes, 24 Feb. 2025
The point was that the people who occupy our halls of power are too plagued by pettiness, vanity, and incompetence to care about ideals.
—Judy Berman, TIME, 20 Feb. 2025
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Laura Bradley, Vulture, 25 Feb. 2025
Detectives torpedoed their own investigations with long delays, lost evidence, incompetence and attempts to cover up mistakes, police memos show.
—Donna McGuire, Cummings,
and Glenn E. Rice, Kansas City Star, 25 Feb. 2025
Neither person was charged with any sort of fraud or incompetence.
—Andrew Wimer, Forbes, 24 Feb. 2025
The point was that the people who occupy our halls of power are too plagued by pettiness, vanity, and incompetence to care about ideals.
—Judy Berman, TIME, 20 Feb. 2025
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“Incompetence.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/incompetence. Accessed 6 Mar. 2025.
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incompetence
noun
in·com·pe·tence
(ˈ)in-ˈkäm-pət-ən(t)s 
: the quality, state, or fact of being incompetent
Medical Definition
incompetence
noun
in·com·pe·tence
(ˈ)in-ˈkäm-pət-ən(t)s
1
: lack of legal qualification
2
: inability of an organ or part to perform its function adequately
incompetence of an aortic valve
Legal Definition
incompetence
noun
in·com·pe·tence
in-ˈkäm-pə-təns
: the state or fact of being incompetent compare competency
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