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Meaning of ineptocracy | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1

Definitions

  1. A government characterized by incompetent leaders.
    countable, derogatory
  2. The phenomenon of governance or leadership by the incompetent.
    derogatory, uncountable

Examples

“"People like to talk about a neoconservative cabal in the White House," he said, referring to the chief architects of the Iraq War, Vice President Dick Cheney, Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld, and his deputy, Paul Wolfowitz. "But what you really have is an ineptocracy: these people can't do anything right."”
“The road users should at least get some benefit from this waste, another case of Somerset Highways showing ineptocracy.”

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.

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