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Meaning of Incompetence | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1

Definitions

An inability to perform; a lack of competence; ineptitude.

uncountable, usually

Equivalents

العربية العجز

Bosanski nekompetentnost некомпетентност

Català incompetència

Čeština nekompetentnost neschopnost

Dansk inkompetence

Deutsch Inkompetenz

Ελληνικά αναξιοσύνη αναξιότητα αναρμοδιότητα ανεπάρκεια ανικανότητα ασχετοσύνη ατεχνία

Español incompetencia

Suomi epäpätevyys osaamattomuus taitamattomuus

Français incompétence

Gaeilge neamhfhulangacht neamhinniúlacht

Hrvatski nekompetentnost некомпетентност

Italiano incompetenza

日本語ひさい不肖不能半人前無力無能非力

ქართული არაკომპეტენტურობა უუნარობა

한국어 무력

Nederlands incompetentie

Polski laickość niekompetencja nieporadność nieudolność

Português incompetência

Русский некомпетентность

Српски nekompetentnost некомпетентност

Svenska inkompetens

తెలుగు అసమర్థత

Türkçe beceriksizlik kabiliyetsizlik maharetsizlik yeteneksizlik

Examples

“... at the head of a crew, too, chiefly made up of mongrel renegades, and castaways, and cannibals--morally enfeebled also, by the incompetence of mere unaided virtue or right-mindedness in Starbuck”

“Winston did not know why Withers had been disgraced. Perhaps it was for corruption or incompetence. Perhaps Big Brother was merely getting rid of a too-popular subordinate.”

“The factory where she worked was a poisonous mass of incompetence, favoritism, and sabotage.”

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