Synonyms for incompetence
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Noun
Definitions
- n. 1
An inability to perform; a lack of competence; ineptitude.
Related words
- Phrases
- artificial incompetence
Forms
- Plural
- incompetences → ineptitudes, incompetencies, ineptnesses, inadequacies…
Example sentences
- inadequacy Stop throwing my inadequacy in my face!
- ineptitude He tried to conceal his ineptitude in a not-so-deft sleight of hand.
- incompetency The minister was dismissed due to incompetency.
- ineptness "Jerk" connotes an embarrassing social and verbal ineptness.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| incompetence | steady | |
| inadequacy | falling | |
| ineptitude | steady | |
| incompetency | falling | |
| ineptness | falling |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 9 letters
- inability5, impotence3, ineptness3, unfitness
- 10 letters
- disability5, inadequacy5, incapacity5, ineptitude4
- 12 letters
- incompetency5, incapability
- 13 letters
- insufficiency5
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (inability5 = 5 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- incompétence
- Italiano
- incompetenza
- Español
- incompetencia
- Deutsch
- Inkompetenz
- Català
- incompetència