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unskillfulness

noun

as in incompetence

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  1. incompetence
  2. incompetency
  3. inability
  4. clumsiness
Noun
  • Still, the movie does at times rely on convenient incompetence.
    — Richard Brody, New Yorker, 4 Sep. 2026
  • The Reds demonstrate their incompetence once again by allowing Reacher and Green to disarm them and start swinging.
    — Chris Klimek, Vulture, 2 Sep. 2026
Definition of incompetence
Noun
  • Court records show DeFoor has a history of criminal cases involving findings of mental incompetency.
    — Bonny Chu, FOXNews.com, 2 Sep. 2026
  • Those forms are not pertinent to the finding of incompetency and are therefore subject to the open records law, Ziegler and Bradley wrote.
    — Scott Bauer, Los Angeles Times, 7 July 2026
Definition of incompetency
Noun
  • The inability to do so has cost Engelbert during her latter years.
    — Jerry Brewer, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2026
  • Venezuela’s problem has not been a shortage of economists capable of designing sophisticated monetary and fiscal regimes, but its inability to follow strict rules in good times and bad.
    — Steve H. Hanke, Fortune, 8 Sep. 2026
Definition of inability
Noun
  • Not for the first time, the president’s clumsiness is likely to negate his malevolence, though not without considerable cost, in time and money, to Comey.
    — Jonathan Chait, The Atlantic, 30 July 2026
  • Let a hypothermic victim get some sleep After the shivering, confusion, slurred speech, and clumsiness of hypothermia have manifested, an exposure victim also gets drowsy.
    — Tim MacWelch, Outdoor Life, 15 July 2026
Definition of clumsiness
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“Unskillfulness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unskillfulness. Accessed 16 Sep. 2026.

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