Incompetence and Ruin

Incompetence

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

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

Nearby Words: incompetent, incompetently

Ruin noun - The state or fact of being rendered nonexistent, physically unsound, or useless.

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Incompetence and ruin are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Incompetence" instead a noun "Ruin".

Nearby Words: ruined, ruination, ruinous, ruining, ruinously

complete	complete incompetence	complete ruin
utter	utter incompetence	utter ruin
total	total incompetence	total ruin
massive	massive incompetence	massive ruin
Other adjectives: dangerous, social, personal, major, sudden.

Another aspect of it is that his apparent incompetence makes him completely unpredictable, so no matter how good the villain's plan is, Ron can ruin it just because it could never have foreseen him.

Source: The Load / Western Animation
Not because he's crossed any moral lines or anything, oh no... she calls them because she fears Shinobi's leadership is so inept that he'll steer the Hellfire Club into ruin out of sheer incompetence.

Source: Characters / X Men Rogues Gallery M To Z
IOW, the government's incompetence can ruin your and your loved ones' lives.

Source: Adult Fear / Literature

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