How to Use incompetence in a Sentence

incompetence

noun

• She was fired for gross incompetence.
• Because of his incompetence, we won't make our deadline.
• And the thing is that there can be feigned incompetence.
  — Eoin O'Carroll, The Christian Science Monitor, 22 Mar. 2021
• Forget the historic incompetence at the end of the Cowboys’ game with the 49ers.
  — Nick Canepa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Jan. 2022
• The wrath of the heavens, local Libyans contend, was matched by the incompetence of those calling the shots on the ground.
  — Ishaan Tharoor, Washington Post, 15 Sep. 2023
• Much of this was due to the Bears’ overall incompetence.
  — Steve Silverman, Forbes, 21 Dec. 2021
• The burden rests on the defense to prove incompetence, Raven told CNN in an email.
  — Cheri Mossburg, CNN, 20 June 2023
• And the incompetence isn’t limited to the fifty states.
  — John Tamny, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2021
• The bad news is the Mavs came by their incompetence honestly.
  — Kevin Sherrington, Dallas News, 5 Apr. 2023
• Thousands have taken to the streets to challenge the regime’s lies and incompetence.
  — The Economist, 18 Jan. 2020
• Trump’s legal efforts were a clown car of incompetence, but for a time Barr rode in that car.
  — Washington Post, 1 Mar. 2022
• But this total of 51 is a bit too high (see incompetence).
  — Jeremy Cluff, The Arizona Republic, 12 Oct. 2022
• Still a face of incompetence, to be sure, but ahead of his time nonetheless.
  — Blake Toppmeyer, The Tennessean, 19 Dec. 2024
• Biden's incompetence opens the door for a Trump restoration.
  — Matthew Continetti, National Review, 4 May 2024
• Thanks to the incompetence and cheapness of the bombers, and the historic inefficiency of the post office, the plot had been foiled.
  — David Pietrusza, WSJ, 2 Nov. 2018
• Volodin’s threat is an utter fantasy, the incompetence of the Russian armed forces laid bare by the war in Ukraine.
  — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 11 July 2022
• The incompetence in the Huntsville Police Department appears to start at the top.
  — Kyle Whitmire, al, 12 Aug. 2021
• The great tariff turnaround this week was either a sign of gross incompetence or a cruel game played on the world.
  — Paul Bedard, The Washington Examiner, 12 Apr. 2025
• The spin that is being used to try to defend this act of incompetence is nothing short of absurd.
  — Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 27 Mar. 2025
• For all of his incompetence, Boudreau was at least likable.
  — Tanner McGrath, Chicago Tribune, 24 Jan. 2023
• The great shock is what the police did—their incompetence on the scene and apparent lies afterward.
  — Peggy Noonan, WSJ, 2 June 2022
• If there’s justice in this world, Fisher will pay the price for his mismanagement and incompetence in the years to come.
  — Dieter Kurtenbach, The Mercury News, 26 Sep. 2024
• Your claim just fell between the cracks, and the airline covered its incompetence with form letters.
  — Christopher Elliott, BostonGlobe.com, 8 June 2022
• As for the Hornets, this is another head scratching move to cap a decade of incompetence.
  — The Si Staff, SI.com, 5 July 2019
• They’d be rewarded for their incompetence with a new stadium and a fresh start in a new town.
  — Paul Daugherty, Cincinnati.com, 21 Oct. 2019
• There are people who have known the president for years who would tell you Biden’s incompetence has nothing to do with his age.
  — Chris Roemer, Baltimore Sun, 27 Jan. 2024
• The people of Ohio are not gonna suffer because of your incompetence and lack of incentive.
  — Laura Johnston, cleveland, 21 Mar. 2022
• And, funnily enough, the reasons for their malaise stem from the same levels of incompetence in the same integral places.
  — SI.com, 16 July 2019
• For the moment, however, critics of the Trump regime at home and around the world are again in awe of the incompetence that has repeatedly made a laughingstock of his inner circle.
  — Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 25 Mar. 2025
• Gold has always held a special allure for investors who see it as a safe harbor, especially today when incompetence at the top threatens to blow up financial assets.
  — The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 14 Apr. 2025