Incompetence and Slip

Incompetence

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

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

Nearby Words: incompetent, incompetently

Slip noun - A long narrow piece of material.

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Incompetence and slip are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Incompetence" instead a noun "Slip".

Nearby Words: slipped, slipup, slipping, slipper, slippy

true	true incompetence	true slip
genuine	genuine incompetence	genuine slip
sheer	sheer incompetence	sheer slip
simple	simple incompetence	simple slip
Other adjectives: rampant, massive, extreme, major, frequent, mere, odd, occasional.

He clearly hates his crew, ready to claw any of them when they begin to doubt him or slip up in the slightest way, and berates Smee for his incompetence when he's not cowering behind him when the crocodile's about.

Source: Classic Villain
Field Marshal Radik Gradenko, who's own incompetence leads to the endangerment of the Iron Curtain project as well as the inability to capture the Allied Chronosphere; Albert Einstein is also able to slip out of his grasp, all of these due to his own strategic blunders.

Source: General Failure

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