incompetence
/ɪnˈkɒmpɪt(ə)ns/
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American sound/ɪnˈkɒmpɪt(ə)ns/
ɪnˈkɒmpɪtəns
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ɪn - ˈkɒmpɪtəns -> incompetence
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incompetent / Çn'kɒmpÇtǝnt / adj
မကျွမ်းကျင်သော။ မစွမ်းသော။ အရည်အချင်း မပြည့်မီသော။ ညံ့သော။
I suppose my application has been lost by some incompetent clerk. ❍ He was criticized for his incompetent handling of the affair.
❍ (fml ) I'm incompetent to judge on such an issue.
n လူဖျင်း။ လူညံ့။ incompetently adv
❑ incompetence / -ǝns / n [U] မကျွမ်းကျင်ခြင်း။ ညံ့ဖျင်းခြင်း။
He was dismissed for incompetence.
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useless, inept, bungling, lacking ability, unskilled, ineffectual, not up to it, hopeless, addlebrain, amateur, amateurish, awkward, blunderer, born loser, bumbler, bungler, bush-league, clumsy, clumsy oaf, defaulter, disqualified, duffer, failure, featherbrain, floundering, foul-up, foulup, fumbler, goofball, harebrain, has been, has-been, helpless, inadequate, incapable, inefficient, ineligible, inexperienced, inexpert, insufficient, maladroit, might-have-been, mismanager, muddler, muffer, ne'er-do-well, no good, nonperformer, not cut out for, not equal to, not have it, out to lunch, raw, spoiler, unable, unadapted, unapt, underachiever, unequipped, unfit, unfitted, unhandy, uninitiated, unproficient, unqualified, unskillful, untrained
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