Effect and Incompetence

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Effect noun - A condition or occurrence traceable to a cause.

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Incompetence is an antonym for effect in impact topic.

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

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Effect is an antonym for incompetence.

Nearby Words: incompetent, incompetently

complete	complete effect	complete incompetence
actual	actual effect	actual incompetence
major	major effect	major incompetence
apparent	apparent effect	apparent incompetence
Other adjectives: comical, odd, overall, comedic.

For a very long time, Tarquin was willing to overlook Nale's staggering incompetence and overall detrimental effect on his plans, simply because he was his son and he loved him.

Source: You Have Outlived Your Usefulness
The director then responds to the colonel's letters as if they were from Douglas (leading the colonel to comment on the director's incompetence and negative effect on Douglas' spelling).

Source: I Never Got Any Letters
Invoked to hilarious effect with the fake CPUs that appear late in the game, which are exaggerated... to the point of incompetence.

Source: Character Exaggeration

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