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Meanings of incompetence in English

Portuguese
incompetência
Spanish
incompetencia
Catalan
incompetència

Ability of doing something unsuccessful.

      incompetência

      Inability to perform.

            Usage of incompetence in English
            1
            But they are, of course, a pretty good measure of incompetence too.
            The Guardian
            2
            The matter of the declaration of incompetence is a significantly longer process.
            The girl who kicked the hornet's nest
            3
            The consequences of the administration's incompetence could not be greater, Upton said.
            Reuters
            4
            No young person should be at a detriment due to government incompetence.
            The Guardian
            5
            The sloth, incompetence and nepotism of officials, exposed in recent months, remains.
            The Guardian
            6
            This is the direct result of Alan Greenspan's incompetence as Fed chair.
            The Guardian
            7
            The incompetence and cynicism of generals and politicians certainly had horrific results.
            The Guardian
            8
            It was quite scary: a series of horror stories about GP incompetence.
            The Guardian
            9
            Only the Earl of Mar's hesitations and incompetence had saved the situation.
            How the scots invented the modern world: the true story of how w...
            10
            Could this supreme incompetence be described as a case of hot air?
            The Irish Times
            11
            Aldikacti had received a sentence of excommunication and execution for simple incompetence.
            The Hyperion Cantos
            12
            I knew you'd rise to your level of incompetence without my assistance.'
            Tetrarch (Well of Echoes)
            13
            But in it there was no allowance made for incompetence and non-appearance.
            The Hippodrome
            14
            One was, that ignorance and incompetence had no place in the government.
            The Curious Republic of Gondour, and Other Whimsical Sketches
            15
            But if we enter the vital order its incompetence is manifestly apparent.
            A New Philosophy: Henri Bergson
            16
            This is going to turn out fine, in spite of your incompetence.
            Artemis Fowl: The Eternity Code
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            incompetência
            Incompetence through the time
            Incompetence across language varieties
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