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incompetency
noun
in·com·pe·ten·cy
(ˌ)in-ˈkäm-pə-tən(t)-sē
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Examples of incompetency in a Sentence
the incompetency of the secretary was revealed only after she had left the company, and her successor discovered years of filing left undone
Recent Examples on the Web
Under state law, only a judge can declare a person ineligible to vote due to incompetency.
—Jessie Opoien, Journal Sentinel, 9 Apr. 2024
An effort to bolster the case for his incompetency?
—Matt Hamilton, Los Angeles Times, 12 Feb. 2024
Defendants come in and out, like a revolving door, only to have their case dismissed due to incompetency.
—Dan Daley, Sun Sentinel, 9 Jan. 2024
But county school boards can remove superintendents from office earlier for immorality, misconduct in office, insubordination, incompetency or willful neglect of duty, according to Maryland law.
—Nicole Asbury, Washington Post, 22 Jan. 2024
Instead, in a sequence indicative of the Dodgers’ offensive incompetency in these two games, both superstars failed to deliver.
—Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 10 Oct. 2023
The General Investigating Committee is made up of five lawmakers who can look into complaints of misconduct, malfeasance, misfeasance, abuse of office, incompetency and workplace conduct by state officers and employees.
—Lauren McGaughy, Dallas News, 24 May 2023
Russia is so full of incompetency that the one person who emerged who was competent at military operations was Yevgeny Prigozhin.
—Yasmeen Serhan, Time, 27 June 2023
The United States’ incompetency, however, was soon exposed as its enormous military could not defeat local insurgents or keep up with Iran’s maneuverers inside of Iraq.
—Foreign Affairs, 24 Mar. 2023
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Word History
First Known Use
1611, in the meaning defined above
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“Incompetency.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/incompetency. Accessed 10 Jun. 2024.
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incompetency
noun
in·com·pe·ten·cy
in-ˈkäm-pə-tən-sē
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