incompetence
incompetences
Can't finish a simple task? Having a hard time figuring something out? Lack the ability to get things done? Then you might be suffering from incompetence.
Have you ever noticed how bad a lot of people are at their jobs, even though they do them every day? Or how often famous people screw things up, even very important things? Then you've already noticed that incompetence is a very common thing. Incompetence is a word for people and things that are ineffective, shoddy, or just terrible at what they're supposed to do. Incompetence is the opposite of excellence.
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lack of physical or intellectual ability or qualifications
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synonyms:
incompetency
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Antonyms:
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competence, competency
the quality of being adequately or well qualified physically and intellectually
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competence, competency
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inability of a part or organ to function properly
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types:
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hypogonadism
incompetence of the gonads (especially in the male with low testosterone); results in deficient development of secondary sex characteristics and (in prepubertal males) a body with long legs and a short trunk
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valvular incompetence
inability of a bodily valve to close completely
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eunuchoidism, male hypogonadism
the state of being a eunuch (either because of lacking testicles or because they failed to develop)
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Kallman's syndrome
hypogonadism with anosmia; a congenital sexual disorder that prevents the testicles from maturing at puberty
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type of:
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disease
an impairment of health or a condition of abnormal functioning
Vocabulary lists containing incompetence
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