incompetence

2 definitions • 5 examples

lack of ability to do something successfully or as it should be done:

Management have demonstrated almost unbelievable incompetence in their handling of the dispute.

allegations/accusations of incompetence

lack of the ability, skill, or knowledge that is needed to do a job or perform an action correctly or to a satisfactory standard:

to demonstrate/expose/reveal incompetence

gross/sheer/utter incompetence An audit reveals areas of gross incompetence and the mismanagement of the business.

administrative/bureaucratic/managerial incompetence