unskillfulness

noun

as in incompetence

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  1. incompetence
  2. incompetency
  3. inability
  4. clumsiness
Noun
  • Treat mistakes as information rather than evidence of incompetence, and people might become more willing to try new things.
    — Vinesh Sukumaran, Forbes.com, 13 Oct. 2026
  • Connecticut State Colleges and Universities has been revealed as a nest of incompetence in its powerful central office.
    — Kevin Rennie, Hartford Courant, 26 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 Bengals beat the Dolphins 31-24 in large part due to the offense’s inability to get the passing attack going.
    — Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 11 Oct. 2026
  • Stroud picked apart the Titans, and only the Texans' inability to convert twice inside the Tennessee 20 in the first half kept the final score from being worse.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 11 Oct. 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 21 Oct. 2026.

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