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1. The lack of physical or intellectual ability or qualifications to succeed with a project.
2. The quality or situation in which a person is lacking a qualification or an ability to do something; incapable; inadequate for or unsuited for a particular purpose or application.
3. Etymology: from French incompétence, from in-, "not, opposite of, without" + compétence, from competens, competere, "to strive in common"; in classical Latin "to come together, to agree, to be qualified"; later it came to mean, "strive together"; from com-, "together" + petere, "to strive, to seek, to fall upon, to rush at, to attack".
2. The quality or situation in which a person is lacking a qualification or an ability to do something; incapable; inadequate for or unsuited for a particular purpose or application.
3. Etymology: from French incompétence, from in-, "not, opposite of, without" + compétence, from competens, competere, "to strive in common"; in classical Latin "to come together, to agree, to be qualified"; later it came to mean, "strive together"; from com-, "together" + petere, "to strive, to seek, to fall upon, to rush at, to attack".
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peti-, pet-, -pit-
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Quotes: Competence, Incompetence
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incompetence, incompetents
incompetence (in KAHM pi tuhns) (noun)
Behavior that is characterized by being inadequate or unsuitable for effective action: Kelsey's glaring incompetence caused a significant delay in completing the project.
incompetents (in KAHM pi tuhnts) (noun)
Individuals who are unsuitable for a specific task: Bernhard was disturbed by the incompetents that the employment agency sent to him.
The incompetence of the incumbent incompetents is truly amazing.
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Confusing Words Clarified: Group I; Homonyms, Homophones, Homographs, Synonyms, Polysemes, etc. +
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Quotes: Competence, Incompetence
Capable of getting it right: competence quotes.
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peti-, pet-, -pit-
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Quotes: Quotations Units
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“incompetence”
(striving to just do it right)
(of uncertain origin: to spoil; to bungle, to cause something to fail through carelessness or incompetence)
(Ludicrous-English Caused by Blunders and Incompetence)
(slip-ups, goofs, flubs, and other blunders in many areas of communication; examples of incompetence and incongruity)
(slip-ups, goofs, flubs, and other blunders in many areas of communication; examples of language incompetence)
(slip-ups, goofs, flubs, and other blunders in many areas of communication; examples of language incompetence)
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“incompetence”
aortic regurgitation (s) (noun), aortic regurgitations (pl) aortic insufficieny, aortic incompetence
A back flow of blood into the left ventricle through or around an abnormal or prosthetic (replaced, incompetent) aortic valve as a result of surgery.
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gurgit-, gurg-
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