Beginning
Beginning noun - The point at which something begins.
Incompetence and beginning are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Incompetence" instead a noun "Beginning".
Incompetence
Incompetence noun - The lack of sufficient ability, power, or means.
Beginning and incompetence are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Beginning" instead a noun "Incompetence".
Nearby Words: incompetent, incompetently
How words are described
Both words in one sentence
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In the beginning his incompetence is endearing and harmless, but after The Reveal you find out that his incompetence is justified and extremely dangerous.
Source: Videogame / Portal 2 - Le Guin's Earthsea series, at least in the beginning — only men have magical training; women's magic is a byword for incompetence and for malice.
Source: Mars-and-Venus Gender Contrast -
At the beginning of "Shorthanded", Walter gets a casino employee named Ronny fired—not for dishonesty or incompetence, but because his hands are too small to do the job properly.
Source: Series / Scorpion
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Incompetence and Beginning. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 29, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/beginning/incompetence
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