incompetency

Example Sentences

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"We have found procedural incompetency and failures in every case we have dealt with," it said.

From BBC • May 21, 2026

On Wednesday, Garcia wrote back to Noem, saying, “The discrepancies between your two responses demonstrate gross incompetency or intentional misdirection.”

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 6, 2026

I want my relative to be safe and secure, but I am fearful that this declaration of incompetency by two doctors may tie my hands.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 24, 2026

But why has Hernández morphed into something more, an oversized symbol of strike-calling incompetency?

From Seattle Times • May 31, 2024

“My dearest, don’t mention governesses; the word makes me nervous. I have suffered a martyrdom from their incompetency and caprice. I thank Heaven I have now done with them!”

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë