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incompetence

inability to successfully perform expected tasks or duties
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Summary

incompetence ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (253 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • Subclass of: human behavior[2]
  • Opposite of: competence[3]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Incompetence[4]
  • Different from: inexperience[5]

Why It Matters

incompetence is known by 15 alternative names across languages and contexts.[6]

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [6] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). incompetence. Retrieved October 11, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/incompetence
MLA “incompetence.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 11 Oct. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/incompetence.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_incompetence_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{incompetence}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/incompetence}, note = {Accessed: 2026-10-11}}
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  1. 9d ago · MsynBot bot · 2026-10-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Topic's main category → Category:Incompetence
    Different from → inexperience
    Opposite of → competence
    Wikipedia languages → ['en', 'es', 'ja', 'no']
    + 4 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ remove badge intentional sitelink to redirect from jawiki sitelink; sitelink points to a non-redirect page #msynbotTask10"
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