incompetence

noun

Etymology: From French incompétence, equivalent to in- + competence.

1. An inability to perform; a lack of competence; ineptitude.

   “... at the head of a crew, too, chiefly made up of mongrel renegades, and castaways, and cannibals--morally enfeebled also, by the incompetence of mere unaided virtue or right-mindedness in Starbuck”

   “Winston did not know why Withers had been disgraced. Perhaps it was for corruption or incompetence. Perhaps Big Brother was merely getting rid of a too-popular subordinate.”