How to Use incompetency in a Sentence

incompetency

noun

• In the final days of the race, Warnock has sought to stress his opponent’s incompetency and lying.
  — Tori Otten, The New Republic, 1 Dec. 2022
• All in all, a great season content-wise, and their last of incompetency until this year.
  — SI.com, 21 Oct. 2019
• After the last home game, a 30-28 loss to Atlanta where nine points were left on the field as a result of pure incompetency, Miami left six more points out there after three sacks of Brissett.
  — Steve Svekis, sun-sentinel.com, 7 Nov. 2021
• The longer Newcastle trip over themselves the more time Rondon has to think and realise that maybe the lure of playing in front of the incredible fanbase at St James' isn't' enough to overcome the club's incompetencies.
  — SI.com, 5 June 2019
• But there is no excuse for incompetency or a bad attitude.
  — Jacob M. Engel, Forbes, 7 Sep. 2021
• There's a high degree of incompetency lurking within the club, and from the outside its almost impossible to pin down exactly where that stems from - though many would slap all the blame on Huw Jenkins.
  — SI.com, 29 Jan. 2018
• The brother is referred to as a co-conspirator in the indictment against Ma, but prosecutors didn't charge him because of his incompetency due to Alzheimer's, the motion said.
  — Jennifer Sinco Kelleher, Star Tribune, 29 July 2021
• The brother is referred to as a co-conspirator in the indictment against Ma, but prosecutors didn't charge him because of his incompetency because of the Alzheimer's, the motion said.
  — Compiled Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, Arkansas Online, 31 July 2021
• But if people laugh at Homer Simpson and his ilk for their bellicose incompetency, the humor here lies in Elliot’s surplus of empathy.
  — Adrienne Matei, The Atlantic, 29 Nov. 2022
• In Arizona, the Department of Homeland Security must file any evidence of incompetency in its records to a judge.
  — Miguel Torres, The Arizona Republic, 30 Oct. 2021
• In some cases, Price said the trial for a person returning from the state hospital is not scheduled soon enough, and the inmate lapses back into legal incompetency.
  — Dallas News, 10 July 2022
• In most firms, that would be considered grounds for termination due to incompetency.
  — Wired Blogs, WIRED, 26 Aug. 2004
• The authorities fight amongst themselves on how to handle it, revealing all the cultural faults and incompetencies that were already present.
  — Julie Muncy, Wired, 17 Apr. 2020
• Those safeguards found in the criminal justice system are put in place to ensure due process for people who need it most, especially in cases of incompetency.
  — Miguel Torres, The Arizona Republic, 30 Oct. 2021
• Under state statutes, claims of mental incompetency must first be reviewed before any case can proceed in criminal court.
  — Jim Riccioli, Journal Sentinel, 2 May 2023
• That hearing had initially been set for Sept. 2 and was postponed by Perry's mental incompetency claims.
  — Jim Riccioli, Journal Sentinel, 10 Dec. 2022
• Members of the Michigan defense waved their arms to encourage the irascible Wisconsin fans to stay peeved as the Wolverines reveled in their opponent’s incompetency.
  — Michael Cohen, Detroit Free Press, 3 Oct. 2021
• Boiled down, that means that a lot of people living in Texas who are mentally ill, have dementia, or have some other type of incompetency can still legally vote merely because their case has never come before a judge.
  — Dallas News, 6 Sep. 2020
• Russia is so full of incompetency that the one person who emerged who was competent at military operations was Yevgeny Prigozhin.
  — Yasmeen Serhan, Time, 27 June 2023
• On Monday, Buck’s mother filed an incompetency petition involving her son in the Mecklenburg County courts, court records show.
  — Joe Marusak and Michael Gordon, charlotteobserver, 9 Mar. 2018
• Betsy DeVos’ withdrawal of the 2011 Dear Colleague letter disregards the interests of survivors of traumatic crimes, and reflects her incompetency for the role she was appointed to—not earned.
  — Jordyn Taylor, Glamour, 22 Sep. 2017
• Charlotte lawyer Elizabeth Dantism, who records show is involved in the incompetency petition filing, declined to comment when reached by the Observer.
  — Joe Marusak and Maria David, charlotteobserver, 8 Mar. 2018
• McManus, in firing the officers, also cited acts of incompetency, discourtesy and lack of moral character.
  — Express-News Staff Report, ExpressNews.com, 12 Aug. 2020
• To be honest, these Trojans probably were doomed from the start, irreparably damaged by their recent history and their conference’s incompetency.
  — Bill Plaschke, Los Angeles Times, 15 Dec. 2020
• Although Ulrich was later charged with violating that restraining order, the case was dismissed due to mental incompetency.
  — Alex Chhith, Star Tribune, 19 Feb. 2021
• Because medical treatment is likely different in the county jail than in a psychiatric hospital, Parker said a person can revert back to incompetency.
  — Elizabeth Depompei, Indianapolis Star, 29 Jan. 2020
• The United States’ incompetency, however, was soon exposed as its enormous military could not defeat local insurgents or keep up with Iran’s maneuverers inside of Iraq.
  — Foreign Affairs, 24 Mar. 2023
• Unrealistic projections, spending, and hiring might not have been the result of incompetency but of short-termism and pandering to the gods of Wall Street (i.e., the capitalistic machine the executives rail against in their stakeholder comments).
  — Ron Shevlin, Forbes, 6 Feb. 2023
• Despite having been the subject of a restraining order by a doctor at the Allina clinic, and being arrested for violating that order, Ulrich still received the permit because the case was dismissed due to mental incompetency.
  — Paul Walsh, Star Tribune, 12 Feb. 2021
• The act also had some ambiguities, such as whether a Baker Act commitment prohibits gun purchases forever, or just during the period of incompetency.
  — Rosa Flores, CNN, 19 Mar. 2018

Last Updated: 17 Aug 2024