Is his failure ascribable to incompetence or to bad luck?
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Incompetence
Synonyms for "incompetence" (86 found)
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Related words (43)
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3 entriesat location
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3 entriesis a
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12 entriesTranslations
35 translations across 21 languages.
Bulgarian
2 entries- некомпетентност noun (inability to perform)
- неспососбност noun (inability to perform)
Catalan
1 entries- incompetència noun (inability to perform)
Czech
2 entries- nekompetentnost noun (inability to perform)
- neschopnost noun (inability to perform)
Danish
1 entries- inkompetence noun (inability to perform)
Dutch
1 entries- incompetentie noun (inability to perform)
Finnish
3 entries- epäpätevyys noun (inability to perform)
- osaamattomuus noun (inability to perform)
- taitamattomuus noun (inability to perform)
French
1 entries- incompétence noun (inability to perform)
Georgian
4 entries- არაკომპეტენტურობა noun (inability to perform)
- არაქმედითობა noun (inability to perform)
- უუნარობა noun (inability to perform)
- ქმედუუნარობა noun (inability to perform)
German
1 entries- Inkompetenz noun (inability to perform)
Hungarian
3 entries- alkalmatlanság noun (inability to perform)
- hozzá nem értés noun (inability to perform)
- inkompetencia noun (inability to perform)
Irish
2 entries- neamhfhulangacht noun (inability to perform)
- neamhinniúlacht noun (inability to perform)
Italian
1 entries- incompetenza noun (inability to perform)
Persian
1 entries- بیعرضگی noun (inability to perform)
Polish
2 entries- inkompetencja noun (inability to perform)
- niekompetencja noun (inability to perform)
Portuguese
1 entries- incompetência noun (inability to perform)
Russian
1 entries- некомпете́нтность noun (inability to perform)
Sanskrit
1 entries- अक्षमा noun (inability to perform)
Spanish
1 entries- incompetencia noun (inability to perform)
Swedish
1 entries- inkompetens noun (inability to perform)
Telugu
1 entries- అసమర్థత noun (inability to perform)
Turkish
4 entries- beceriksizlik noun (inability to perform)
- kabiliyetsizlik noun (inability to perform)
- maharetsizlik noun (inability to perform)
- yeteneksizlik noun (inability to perform)
Sample sentences
13 total sentences available.
His incompetence began to irritate everyone.
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Violence is the last refuge of incompetence.
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I'm stressed out over their incompetence.
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