English

Noun
en-noun|-

1. inability|Inability to perform; lack of competence; ineptitude.

Translations
trans-top|inability to perform
Finnish: epäpätevyys, taitamattomuus
French: incompétence
German: Inkompetenz f
trans-mid
trans-bottom

Quotations
1851: w:Herman Melville|Herman Melville, w:Moby-Dick|Moby-Dick
:... 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
1949: w:George Orwell|George Orwell, w:Nineteen Eighty-four|1984
: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.
1974: w:Ursula K. Leguin|Ursula Leguin, w:The Dispossessed|The Dispossessed
:The factory where she worked was a poisonous mass of incompetence, favoritism, and sabotage.

Related terms
competency
incompentency

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• 2007-11-15 01:22 - Rodasmith - Reverted edits by [[Special:Contributions/90.199.9.92|90.199.9.92]] ([[User_talk:90.199.9.92|Talk]]); changed back to last version by [[User:Jyril|Jyril]]

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