Synonyms for incompetency
- noun
Most common
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Noun
Definitions
- n. 1
The condition of being incompetent.
Forms
- Plural
- incompetencies → incompetences, incapacities, inadequacies, inabilities…
Example sentences
- inability I am impatient with his inability to make decisions.
- incompetence We lost the case due to the lawyer's incompetence.
- incapacity Angst is the fear of our own incapacity for peace.
- inadequacy Stop throwing my inadequacy in my face!
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| incompetency | falling | |
| inability | steady | |
| incompetence | steady | |
| incapacity | falling | |
| inadequacy | falling |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 9 letters
- inability5, unfitness
- 10 letters
- disability5, incapacity5, inadequacy5
- 12 letters
- incompetence4, incapability
- 13 letters
- insufficiency5
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (inability5 = 5 syllables).