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Word entry · 12 letters

incompetence

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"Lack of skill"

12 letters · collected on this word page

12 lettersPart of speech nounSorted cceeeimnnoptStarts with IEnds with E1 cluesCommon crossword word
1I2N3C4O5M6P7E8T9E10N11C12E

Definitions

  1. lack of physical or intellectual ability or qualifications

Word origin

From French incompétence, equivalent to in- + competence.

Used in a sentence

  • ... 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.

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