incompetences

Lacks of skill

Incompetences is the plural of incompetence—instances or areas of inability to do something adequately.

While incompetence usually appears as an uncountable noun describing a general quality, the plural form emphasizes distinct failures or deficiencies: The report catalogued management's various incompetences.

The word is formal and relatively rare compared to the singular.

professional

failures

Unsuccessful attempts or outcomes

blunders · mistakes · mismanagement · errors · lapses · negligence · malpractice · bungling · ineptitude · fumbles

institutional

bureaucratic

Excessively procedural

administrative · managerial · structural · departmental · ministerial · agency · oversight · accountability · reform · dysfunction

legal

disqualifications

Rulings of ineligibility

invalidities · jurisdictional · judicial · procedural · statutory · constitutional · administrative · regulatory · testimonial · contractual

Opposites
ability and skill

incompetencescompetences

Demonstrated skill sets

competencies · abilities · capabilities · capacities · skills

professional qualification

incompetencesqualifications

Proof of competence

credentials · expertises · specializations · professionalism · know-how

qualification/fitness

incompetencesqualifications

Proof of competence

credentials · merits · adequacies · sufficiencies · fitnesses

Phrases
Family

incompetence, incompetency, incompetencies

Familiarity
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Profile
Used worldwide · Timeless · Abstract · Negative · Everyday, not technical · Rated G