example of incompetence
collocation in Englishmeaningsofexampleandincompetence
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example
noun[C]
uk/ɪɡˈzɑːm.pəl/us/ɪɡˈzæm.pəl/
something that is typical of the group of things that it is a ...
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incompetence
noun[U]
uk/ɪnˈkɒm.pɪ.təns/us/ɪnˈkɑːm.pə.t̬əns/
lack of ability to do something successfully or as it should ...
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Examplesofexample of incompetence
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The whole exercise was anexampleofincompetenceor, possibly, a lack of interest in consumer welfare.
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This is anexampleofincompetenceand non-joined-up government.
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That is anotherexampleofincompetence, of spending taxpayers' money without thought as to the value.
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As for international administration, that will always be anexampleofincompetenceand inefficiency.
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This record is a monumentalexampleofincompetence, lack of foresight, lack of reasonably sound management and of blind, last-minute patching and mending.
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So far from this being anexampleofincompetenceand procrastination it is an example of the difficulties we are meeting in this extremely difficult human problem.
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It is contradictory to the principles of care in the community and is anexampleofincompetenceon a grand scale in its establishment, implementation, organisation and administration.
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One could go on with these examples of incompetence.
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Those examples of incompetence bring us to the serious charge of failure of policy.
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We have seen a series of examples of incompetence during the past 12 months.
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