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incompetence

noun

Etymology

From French incompétence, equivalent to in- + competence.

  1. derived from competentia
  2. borrowed from compétence
  3. formed as incompetence — “in- + competence”

Definitions

  1. An inability to perform

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

    • ... 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.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for incompetence. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA