Apathy and Incompetence

Apathy

Apathy noun - A lack of emotion or emotional expressiveness.

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Incompetence and apathy are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Incompetence" instead a noun "Apathy".

Nearby Words: apathetic, apathetically

Incompetence noun - The lack of sufficient ability, power, or means.

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Apathy and incompetence are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Apathy" instead a noun "Incompetence".

Nearby Words: incompetent, incompetently

pure	pure apathy	pure incompetence
complete	complete apathy	complete incompetence
utter	utter apathy	utter incompetence
total	total apathy	total incompetence
Other adjectives: initial, seeming, relative, genuine, sheer, simple, plain, actual, rampant, massive, extreme, social, personal, frequent, general, apparent, military, feigned, growing, overall, bureaucratic, corporate.

Outland. Although not a plot point, the temporary disappearance of some nuclear detonators is used to highlight the apathy and incompetence of the company police on the space-mining colony.

Source: Empty Quiver
It's implied that her incredibly poor cooking is caused at least in part by the ridiculously low budget Springfield Elementary recieves from the state, but part of it is her own apathy and incompetence.

Source: Lethal Chef / Western Animation
Considering the apathy, incompetence, and lack of resources the Baltimore cops are plagued with, this makes life a lot harder for anyone trying to do something about the big cases.

Source: The War on Terror

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