Question 1 · Quick check
incompetence
CEFRC1
/ˌɪˈnkɑmpətəns/
noun
Türkçe translations
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In plain English
- 01
noun
Lack of ability or skill to do a job properly.
- 02
noun
Extra detailAn inability to perform; a lack of competence; ineptitude.
Examples
Is his failure ascribable to incompetence or to bad luck?
His incompetence began to irritate everyone.
At a glance
Sits at C1 on the CEFR scale
- Senses
- 2
- Parts of speech
- 1
- Citations
- 3
Deep Dive
More examples
In contextWinston 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.
... 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
The factory where she worked was a poisonous mass of incompetence, favoritism, and sabotage.
Quick test
Two questions on this entry. Nothing is scored.
Practise this properly in the app, where the word comes back before you forget it.
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Origin
noun
From French incompétence, equivalent to in- + competence.