how to pronounce incompetence

/ɪnˈkɒm.pɪ.təns/

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incompetence is pronounced in four syllables

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An example use of incompetence in a speech by a native speaker of british english:

“… erroneously due to incompetence or …”

meanings of incompetence

noun:

Inability to perform; lack of competence; ineptitude.

incompetence frequency in english - C2 level of CEFR

the word incompetence occurs in english on average 3.7 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics incompetence can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that incompetence can be often used in the following areas:

1) business and work;

2) communication, information, and media;