Meaning

1 senses

  1. (uncountable, usually)The condition of being incompetent.

More definitions
  • lack of physical or intellectual ability or qualifications

Examples

3 sentences

  1. The minister was dismissed due to incompetency.

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  2. Underscoring his incompetency, the president misspelled "education" in his executive order.

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  3. He either gets discharged from his positions because of incompetency or he leaves because of his nomadic tendencies.

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Forms

plural: incompetencies
Singularincompetency

uncountable

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • lack of physical or intellectual ability or qualifications:incompetence

Word family

1 related words
Relatedincompetent

Lessons for this word

1 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
incomparablyincompatibleincompetenceincompetentincomplete
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