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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This action — a mistake or incompetence, take your pick — risks disseminating important information, jaw-dropping in its specificity, to our enemies, and could perhaps endanger American lives.
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Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 3 Apr. 2025
Ultimately, these appeals amounted mostly to rhetorical posturing and, because of policy inconsistencies and incompetence, effected little concrete change.
—Matias Spektor, Foreign Affairs, 1 Apr. 2025
Usually presidents go through a water-wings period before sticking a toe into incompetence.
—Chicago Tribune, 31 Mar. 2025
The most famous two, and clearly the winners in this Hall of Shame, is California’s High Speed Rail project and the unfathomable level of incompetence in the Employment Development Department during the pandemic.
—Jon Coupal, Oc Register, 31 Mar. 2025
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Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 3 Apr. 2025
Ultimately, these appeals amounted mostly to rhetorical posturing and, because of policy inconsistencies and incompetence, effected little concrete change.
—Matias Spektor, Foreign Affairs, 1 Apr. 2025
Usually presidents go through a water-wings period before sticking a toe into incompetence.
—Chicago Tribune, 31 Mar. 2025
The most famous two, and clearly the winners in this Hall of Shame, is California’s High Speed Rail project and the unfathomable level of incompetence in the Employment Development Department during the pandemic.
—Jon Coupal, Oc Register, 31 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for incompetence
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“Incompetence.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/incompetence. Accessed 11 Apr. 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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