incompetence

Example Sentences

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The Justice Department’s struggle to appoint U.S. attorneys stemmed from a mix of obstinance and incompetence.

From Slate • Mar. 24, 2026

The mistakes you make at 20 are interpreted as experimentation rather than incompetence.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 18, 2026

When I mention this feat of incompetence to the technologist inside the examining room, she tells me I could’ve just taken off my shirt.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 17, 2026

Unlike James Bond, however, Deighton's secret agents were ordinary working-class people, often frustrated by the incompetence of their own side.

From BBC • Mar. 17, 2026

I raised the amount of the reward and threatened to have the guardsmen dismissed for incompetence, but all to no avail.

From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende