Examples of incompetence in a Sentence
Because of his incompetence, we won't make our deadline.
She was fired for gross incompetence.
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No wonder de Lesseps became a national pariah whose name was synonymous with dishonest incompetence.
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U T Editorial Board, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Sep. 2025
Being berated by your boss for your incompetence and having a bunch of strangers laugh at you is true nightmare fuel.
—Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 19 Sep. 2025
By the end of the week, Kennedy and Spear accused her of incompetence.
—Natalie Eilbert, jsonline.com, 17 Sep. 2025
Without people in the loop, AI risks reproducing the inherent problems that it is meant to avoid, including discrimination, institutional incompetence and overall distrust.
—Gangesh Pathak, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
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U T Editorial Board, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Sep. 2025
Being berated by your boss for your incompetence and having a bunch of strangers laugh at you is true nightmare fuel.
—Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 19 Sep. 2025
By the end of the week, Kennedy and Spear accused her of incompetence.
—Natalie Eilbert, jsonline.com, 17 Sep. 2025
Without people in the loop, AI risks reproducing the inherent problems that it is meant to avoid, including discrimination, institutional incompetence and overall distrust.
—Gangesh Pathak, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for incompetence
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“Incompetence.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/incompetence. Accessed 21 Sep. 2025.
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incompetence
noun
in·com·pe·tence
(ˈ)in-ˈkäm-pət-ən(t)s 
: the quality, state, or fact of being incompetent
Medical Definition
incompetence
noun
in·com·pe·tence
(ˈ)in-ˈkäm-pət-ən(t)s
1
: lack of legal qualification
2
: inability of an organ or part to perform its function adequately
incompetence of an aortic valve
Legal Definition
incompetence
noun
in·com·pe·tence
in-ˈkäm-pə-təns
: the state or fact of being incompetent compare competency
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