incompetence
Example Sentences
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The mistakes you make at 20 are interpreted as experimentation rather than incompetence.
Feigning total incompetence, which wasn’t hard, he hit out wildly, tempting Hord with a glimpse of his unprotected chest.
From Literature
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
Unlike James Bond, however, Deighton's secret agents were ordinary working-class people, often frustrated by the incompetence of their own side.
From BBC
Using untrained proxies, as a former European diplomat to Russia puts it, adds "a layer of unpredictability - and incompetence".
From BBC
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
