incompetence
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Synonyms & Antonyms for incompetence
Synonyms
impotence, inability, inadequacy, incapability, incapacity, incompetency, ineptitude, insufficiency, powerlessness
Antonyms
ability, adequacy, capability, capacity, competence, competency, potency
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The Afghan security forces, while committed on the front lines, remain bewitched by inadequate training, systemic corruption and incompetence. — Donald C. Bolduc, Time, "I Served 10 Tours in Afghanistan. It’s Time for Us to Leave," 30 Aug. 2019 And, funnily enough, the reasons for their malaise stem from the same levels of incompetence in the same integral places. — SI.com, "Washed: How Arsenal & the New York Knicks Became the Laughing Stocks of Their Player Markets," 16 July 2019 Horrifying and fascinating in equal parts, the series is a searing indictment of the lies, corruption and incompetence that led to the tragedy. — Kelly Lawler, USA TODAY, "The 10 best TV shows of 2019 (so far), from 'Shrill' to 'Chernobyl'," 12 June 2019 Tweet of the day Worth elaborating on the level of incompetence Trump showed today on Kashmir. — NBC News, "How Mueller's congressional testimony could reverberate in 2020," 23 July 2019 There is a clear path, which, either out of incompetence or for some darker reason, Britain’s politicians have refused to take. — Sam Knight, The New Yorker, "The Death of British Steel and the Myth of the Good Brexit," 10 July 2019 As for the Hornets, this is another head scratching move to cap a decade of incompetence. — The Si Staff, SI.com, "Debating the Best and Worst Deals of NBA Free Agency," 5 July 2019 Perhaps Pawlenty has finally absorbed the lesson of the Peter Principle, the theory that in every organization or profession people tend to rise to their level of incompetence. — Ed Kilgore, Daily Intelligencer, "The Most Boring Man in Minnesota Is Running for Governor Again," 5 Apr. 2018 Much of the Puerto Rican public perceived the leaks as being emblematic of the callousness and incompetence of its government. — Zeeshan Aleem, Vox, "Puerto Rico’s week of massive protests, explained," 20 July 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'incompetence.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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