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incompetency
noun
Synonyms and Antonyms of INCOMPETENCY
the lack of sufficient ability, power, or means <the incompetency of the secretary was revealed only after she had left the company, and her successor discovered years of filing left undone>
Synonyms impotence, inadequacy, incapability, incapacity, incompetence, incompetency, ineptitude, insufficiency, powerlessness
Related Words disqualification, inaptitude; ineffectiveness, ineffectuality, ineffectualness, inefficaciousness, inefficacy, inefficiency
Near Antonyms aptitude, bent, endowment, flair, genius, gift, knack, talent; effectiveness, effectualness, efficaciousness, efficiency; fitness, suitability, suitableness; potency, power, puissance, sinew, strength
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