incompetency

Noun

Meaning

The quality or state of being incompetent; want of physical, intellectual, or moral ability; insufficiency; inadequacy; as, the incompetency of a child hard labor, or of an idiot for intellectual efforts.

Want of competency or legal fitness; incapacity; disqualification, as of a person to be heard as a witness, or to act as a juror, or of a judge to try a cause.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

incompetence lack failure deficit failing inability elimination disability deficiency exclusion ignorance disqualification insufficiency incapacity inadequacy
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Antonyms

power energy experience enlightenment endowment ability
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Hypernyms

inability unfitness

Examples

Our society cannot be maintained by this type of incompetency. Jacque Fresco

However, the problem is deeper than the incompetency, ignorance and recklessness of the Trump administration. Source: Internet

The themes of Trump’s incompetency and divisiveness are not new to Biden, but the attacks are becoming considerably more potent as rates of sickness soar across the South and West and governors are forced to roll back businesses’ reopenings. Source: Internet

An iota of incompetency of "Sifarshis" will be disastrous. Source: Internet

Kluter, 431. Examples of incompetency and inexperience included: VDA falsely projected the idea all Russian Germans wanted to leave their present homes and lives and move to the Volga region where they would start over. Source: Internet

The military strongly wanted to avoid confirmation of incompetency or cowardice – rumors of which were circulating around the impending court of inquiry in Chicago. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

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