incompetence
pronunciation
How to pronounce incompetence in British English:
UK [ɪnˈkɒmpɪtəns]
How to pronounce incompetence in American English:
US [ɪnˈkɑmpɪtəns]
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- Noun:
- lack of physical or intellectual ability or qualifications
- inability of a part or organ to function properly
Word Origin
- incompetence (n.)
- 1660s, "inadequacy;" 1716, "want of skill," from French incompétence (mid-16c.), from in- "not, opposite of, without" (see in- (1)) + compétence (see competence). Native formation incompetency (from incompetent + -cy) is attested from 1610s.
Example
- 1. The lehmans episode demonstrates that incompetence has a price .
- 2. Many see openness as a cure for corruption and incompetence in public administration .
- 3. Some fraud masquerades as incompetence .
- 4. This is a great article on barack obama 's incompetence !
- 5. I have suffered a martyrdom in their incompetence .