Incompetence and Mistake

Incompetence

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

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

Nearby Words: incompetent, incompetently

Mistake noun - A wrong judgment.

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Incompetence and mistake are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Incompetence" instead a noun "Mistake".

Nearby Words: mistaken, mistakenly, mistaking

complete	complete incompetence	complete mistake
genuine	genuine incompetence	genuine mistake
blatant	blatant incompetence	blatant mistake
simple	simple incompetence	simple mistake
Other adjectives: actual, massive, terrible, major, catastrophic, apparent, drunken, monumental, occasional, previous, bureaucratic, tactical.

Chell of Portal made a huge mistake by putting Wheatley in charge instead of GLaDOS, and spends the rest of the game trying to put GLaDOS back before Wheatley's incompetence blows everything up.

Source: Must Make Amends
The Fool: Most of the time, Leopold wins obliviously, sabotaging the mice's pranks by mistake or failing to notice them backfire from bad luck or incompetence on their part.

Source: Animation / Leopold the Cat
To pass the time while KFJ farms enemies, pokecapn and Kaz read terrible FFXIII-2 crossover fanfics, pronouncing every spelling mistake and grammatical error as they are written, and laughing at the sheer displays of stupidity and incompetence.

Source: Lets Play / Kung-Fu Jesus

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