单词 | incompetence |
释义 | incompetence (ɪnkɒmpɪtəns ) uncountable noun If you refer to someone's incompetence, you are criticizing them because they are unable to do their job or a task properly. [disapproval] The incompetence of government officials is appalling. [+ of] ...his incompetence in failing to conduct full inquiries. Synonyms: ineptitude, inability, inadequacy, incapacity Collocations: administrative incompetence The causes of this are, too frequently, administrative incompetence. Times, Sunday Times How many other sports would have grown in the teeth of such administrative incompetence and crass infighting? Times, Sunday Times Adhocracy, functional leadership models, and reengineering were all attempts to detect and remove administrative incompetence. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 I had no idea she had a thing for military incompetence. Times, Sunday Times He argues, however, that focusing on military incompetence misses the mark. Christianity Today Military incompetence was therefore more visible, the army became more accountable, but counter-propaganda could also be got out faster. The Times Literary Supplement If there was something, then this was surely an act of high-level military incompetence. Times, Sunday Times His inexperience and degree of military incompetence makes him something of a liability on occasion. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Both regional and central governments now stand accused of political incompetence as nobody accepts responsibility for what doctors call a failure. Times,Sunday Times And made urgent by current political incompetence and disarray. Times, Sunday Times The case for congenital political incompetence will scarcely hold water. The Times Literary Supplement How was he to know that political incompetence was the key qualification for the job? Times, Sunday Times Charges of police and political incompetence were levelled from the beginning. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 A minister would come under intense pressure as a result of personal or financial foibles, or just sheer incompetence. Times, Sunday Times (2008) It was about sheer incompetence. Times, Sunday Times (2010) He can provide mountains of evidence of waste, corruption and sheer incompetence by unaccountable officials. The Sun (2012) Now it seems I am unable to stay down out of sheer incompetence. The Sun (2016) Translations: Chinese: 无能 Japanese: 無能 |
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