Callousness
Callousness noun - Devoid of passion or feeling; hardheartedness.
Incompetence and callousness are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Incompetence" instead a noun "Callousness".
Incompetence
Incompetence noun - The lack of sufficient ability, power, or means.
Callousness and incompetence are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Callousness" instead a noun "Incompetence".
Nearby Words: incompetent, incompetently
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By 1918, the French Army was in a well-justified state of mutiny against the incompetence and callousness of their high command, with the arrival of the American Expeditionary Force being the only thing that prevented total collapse.
Source: Literature / Destroyermen -
We can't say the 'real' figure with certainty, as the CCP's official policy is that the famines and resultant epidemics were not at all or even in part the result of their organisation's callousness and incompetence.
Source: Useful Notes / Mao Zedong -
His growing disillusionment with Hitler's callousness, cruelty, and incompetence lead to him lending his support, in February 1944, to the plot against Hitler.
Source: Useful Notes / Erwin Rommel
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