incompetency

Example Sentences

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Incompetency," said the article in part, "is what we long since learned to expect from John Hamilton Barclay.

From The Lieutenant-Governor A Novel by Carryl, Guy Wetmore

Incompetency is manifested in a variety of ways, but an irrepressible tendency to fine writing is associated with the greater number of them.

From Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 1, No. 4, September, 1850 by Various

"Incompetency, if you want the brutal truth," Dudley broke in not unkindly.

From The La Chance Mine Mystery by Gage, George W.

Incompetency was set aside, zeal and efficiency rewarded by promotion.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 77, March, 1864 by Various

Incompetency in Richmond will some day lose it.

From A Rebel War Clerk's Diary at the Confederate States Capital by Jones, John Beauchamp