incompetence
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++in·com·pe·tence /ɪnˈkɒmpətəns $ -ˈkɑːm-/ noun [uncountable] BAD ATlack of the ability or skill to do a job properly 不胜任，不称职 OPP competencemanagerial/professional etc incompetence allegations of professional incompetence 对专业方面不称职的指责 The report blamed police incompetence for the tragedy. 报道指责警方的无能导致了这场悲剧。
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incompetence• In the eternal struggle against administrative incompetence, we need it every single day.• Yet perhaps the most frustrating incompetence of all is that which is repetitive.• City money is being wasted through governmental incompetence.• In the view of the media, the whole thing stank of incompetence, or worse.• The organization that fails to tell the truth on this score leaves itself open to suspicions of incompetence and deceptiveness.• This could be the result of laziness or incompetence which would lose him his customers or his job.• He was posted first to Reading, and was soon proving himself a soldier and horseman of rare incompetence.• Labour wants to hide behind it, to disguise the incompetence and extravagance of Labour authorities and their lack of an alternative.• Hence, their skilfulness is tightly coupled with incompetence.in·com·pe·tence nounChineseSyllable
do Corpus the to of properly skill job lack or a ability
incompetence
in‧com‧pe‧tence /ɪnˈkɒmpətəns, ɪnˈkɒmpɪtəns $ -ˈkɑːm-/
noun [uncountable]
lack of the ability or skill to do a job properly
OPP competence
managerial/professional etc incompetence
allegations of professional incompetence
The report blamed police incompetence for the tragedy.
in‧com‧pe‧tence /ɪnˈkɒmpətəns, ɪnˈkɒmpɪtəns $ -ˈkɑːm-/
noun [uncountable]lack of the ability or skill to do a job properly
OPP competence
managerial/professional etc incompetence