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Meanings of own incompetence in English

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Usage of own incompetence in English
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It was using its own incompetence as its first line of defence.
The Guardian
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Nor did he correct or supplement his own incompetence by seeking professional advice.
The Path of Empire: A Chronicle of the United States as a World ...
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As if she didn't wish to expose her own incompetence.
Dancer’s Lament
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They were denied by a combination of Chris Smith's goalkeeping and their own incompetence.
The Guardian
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But their own incompetence soon brought his talents into demand.
The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 10
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Again, she was angry and humiliated by her own incompetence.
A Town like Alice
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He'd actually blocked her vengeance by his own incompetence.
The black prism
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This tendency for us to be blind to our own incompetence is called the Dunning-Kruger effect.
The Guardian
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But, my own incompetence aside, I think Domino's might be wasting its time on this one.
News.com.au
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Lesser spies would have retreated from the public eye after their own incompetence blew their cover.
Wired
11
Sorcery is the sauce fools spoon over failure to hide the flavor of their own incompetence.
A clash of kings
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The idea vanished that it was wrong to protect citizens from the results of their own incompetence.
The Tyranny Of Words
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It was Camusot's own incompetence, well known at the Law Courts, which excluded him from the Council.
Poor Relations
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He was only prevented by his own incompetence and inability to smash down the synagogue's wooden door.
BBC
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But the process of seeing this truth and acknowledging his own incompetence requires quite a bit of courage.
Welcome to the N.H.K.
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His sister and brother-in-law seconded him; but they were frustrated by their heavy outfit and their own incompetence.
The Call of the Wild, White Fang and Other Stories
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