incompetence
US /ɪnˈkɑ:mpɪtəns/
・UK /ɪnˈkɒmpɪtəns/
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n. (u.)Uncountable NounLack of skill or ability to do a task successfully
His incompetence at the job caused him to be fired
n. (u.)Uncountable NounLegal inability or disqualification.
The court declared his incompetence to stand trial.
n. (u.)Uncountable NounThe state of a valve or other body part not functioning properly.
Valve incompetence can lead to heart failure.
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Struggling to understand Gen Z Slang
- This chuggey ass store is currently serving me complete incompetence.
This chuggey ass store is currently serving me complete incompetence.
- This cheugy ass store is currently serving me complete incompetence.
This cheugy ass store is currently serving me complete incompetence.
Why You Need to Have a Proper Adolescence
- and see all their incompetence and stupidity without a filter of sentimentality or fear:
and see all their incompetence and stupidity without a filter of sentimentality or fear:
We used to MAIL CHILDREN? | Strange US History
- While some saw the mailing of children as an act of negligence or incompetence in parents, others stress how these instances show just how important and trusted the postal service was to rural American communities.
While some saw the mailing of children as an act of negligence or incompetence in parents, others stress how these instances show just how important and trusted the postal service was to rural American communities.
- While some saw the mailing of children as an act of negligence or incompetence in parents, others stress how these instances showed just how important and trusted the postal service was to rural American communities.
While some saw the mailing of children as an act of negligence or incompetence in parents, others stress how these instances showed just how important and trusted the postal service was to rural American communities.
Fear Of Failure? Here's Why Making Mistakes Is Good For Your Brain!
- Making a mistake is often, yet falsely, viewed as a sign of incompetence, of not being good enough.
Making a mistake is often, yet falsely, viewed as a sign of incompetence, of not being good enough.
- Making a mistake is often, yet falsely, viewed as a sign of incompetence, of not being good enough.
Making a mistake is often, yet falsely, viewed as a sign of incompetence, of not being good enough.
Comey says he's 'grateful' after judge tosses case | REUTERS
- I'm grateful that the court ended the case against me, which was a prosecution based on malevolence and incompetence and a reflection of what the Department of Justice has become under Donald Trump, which is heartbreaking.
I'm grateful that the court ended the case against me, which was a prosecution based on malevolence and incompetence and a reflection of what the Department of Justice has become under Donald Trump, which is heartbreaking.
- I'm grateful that the court ended the case against me, which was a prosecution based on malevolence and incompetence, and
I'm grateful that the court ended the case against me, which was a prosecution based on malevolence and incompetence, and
Grazed by the Apocalypse
- A fear of annihilation by incompetence.
A fear of annihilation by incompetence.
- of an entirely new kind of fear. A fear of
annihilation by incompetence. Humans are fallible.
of an entirely new kind of fear. A fear of annihilation by incompetence. Humans are fallible.
Is Trump winning? | The Gray Area
- They actually found Bags of weed lying around in the US IP offices but they were cleaning it up because the court ruled that shuttering US IP was unlawful and the Doge bros had to go find somewhere else to get high and like that It To me is an encapsulation both of the ridiculousness of the situation But also the ways in which like that ridiculous incompetence is not working for them The ridiculousness is is the thing Well, not the thing but but I think and in part of the problem and it is kind of hard to articulate Is this line between appearance and reality?
They actually found Bags of weed lying around in the US IP offices but they were cleaning it up because the court ruled that shuttering US IP was unlawful and the Doge bros had to go find somewhere else to get high and like that It To me is an encapsulation both of the ridiculousness of the situation But also the ways in which like that ridiculous incompetence is not working for them The ridiculousness is is the thing Well, not the thing but but I think and in part of the problem and it is kind of hard to articulate Is this line between appearance and reality?
- And, like, that, to me, is an encapsulation both of the ridiculousness of the situation, but also the ways in which, like, that ridiculous incompetence is not working for them.
And, like, that, to me, is an encapsulation both of the ridiculousness of the situation, but also the ways in which, like, that ridiculous incompetence is not working for them.
Covid inquiry: Did Boris Johnson do too little, too late? | BBC Question Time
- I think as an electorate, it's our responsibility to appoint people who are far more competent at handling themselves and crises than the gross negligence and incompetence that has gone before with people like Johnson Sunak, Dominic Raab, all those muppets.
I think as an electorate, it's our responsibility to appoint people who are far more competent at handling themselves and crises than the gross negligence and incompetence that has gone before with people like Johnson Sunak, Dominic Raab, all those muppets.
- I think as an electorate, it's our responsibility to appoint people who are far more competent at handling themselves and crises than the gross negligence and incompetence that has gone before with people like Johnson, Sunak, Dominic Rab, all those muppets just a waste of time.
I think as an electorate, it's our responsibility to appoint people who are far more competent at handling themselves and crises than the gross negligence and incompetence that has gone before with people like Johnson, Sunak, Dominic Rab, all those muppets just a waste of time.
You're Not a Perfectionist, You're Afraid of Your Own Power - Carl Jung
- This isn't laziness or incompetence, it's psychological self-protection.
This isn't laziness or incompetence, it's psychological self-protection.
- This isn't laziness or incompetence; it's psychological self-protection.
This isn't laziness or incompetence; it's psychological self-protection.
Top 10 Biggest TV Bombs of 2025
- That's pretty shocking incompetence.
That's pretty shocking incompetence.
- Pretty shocking incompetence.
Pretty shocking incompetence.