Carelessness and Incompetence

Carelessness

Carelessness noun - Failure to take the care that a cautious person usually takes.

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

Nearby Words: care, careless, carelessly

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

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

Nearby Words: incompetent, incompetently

pure	pure carelessness	pure incompetence
utter	utter carelessness	utter incompetence
sheer	sheer carelessness	sheer incompetence
simple	simple carelessness	simple incompetence
Other adjectives: plain, criminal, general, growing, occasional.

While Frank's borderline incompetence in surgery is usually Played for Laughs on the show, in this instance he's shown to be genuinely shaken at the realization that he could have killed the man through his carelessness.

Source: My God What Have I Done / Live-Action TV

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