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Examples of incompetency in a Sentence
the incompetency of the secretary was revealed only after she had left the company, and her successor discovered years of filing left undone
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The act also had some ambiguities, such as whether a Baker Act commitment prohibits gun purchases forever, or just during the period of incompetency.
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On Monday, Buck’s mother filed an incompetency petition involving her son in the Mecklenburg County courts, court records show.
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State law also allows the Indiana Department of Education to revoke a superintendent's license for immorality, misconduct in office, incompetency or willful neglect of duty.
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There's a high degree of incompetency lurking within the club, and from the outside its almost impossible to pin down exactly where that stems from - though many would slap all the blame on Huw Jenkins.
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Following Brenda Forman's losing an incompetency claim against her husband, Howard Forman's lawyers have now called the claim frivolous and asked a judge to have Brenda Forman pay all their legal fees.
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Betsy DeVos’ withdrawal of the 2011 Dear Colleague letter disregards the interests of survivors of traumatic crimes, and reflects her incompetency for the role she was appointed to—not earned.
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Director Craig Gillespie and screenwriter Steven Rogers approach the story as something out of the Coen brothers' playbook, highlighting the incompetency and insanity of the situation.
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But if the impulsive incompetency continues, then eventually—many, many months from now—Republicans will join the impeachment effort.
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First Known Use of incompetency
1611
incompetency Synonyms
Synonyms
impotence, inability, inadequacy, incapability, incapacity, incompetence, ineptitude, insufficiency, powerlessness;
Antonyms
ability, adequacy, capability, capacity, competence, competency, potency;
Near Antonyms
aptitude, bent, endowment, flair, genius, gift, knack, talent;
effectiveness, effectualness, efficaciousness, efficiency;
Related Words
ineffectiveness, ineffectuality, ineffectualness, inefficaciousness, inefficacy, inefficiency;
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