Sentence examples for competence diminished from inspiring English sources

But after they received instruction in those areas -- that is, after their actual competence rose -- their sense of their competence diminished.

Bonneville's Fletcher, meanwhile, has a veneer of competence, albeit diminished by his daily fumblings with his folding bike.

Lawyers for his co-defendants, James L. Dolan, the chairman of the Garden, and the Garden, have said that while her competence was diminishing, she was fired for impeding their investigation into her claims of sexual harassment, not in retaliation for making them.

In any case, when it comes to the region's future, it is surely better for the agency's leaders to confront the wrath of the governors and other politicians than to stand by while the Port Authority withers into a pool of patronage and diminished competence.

Cronyism has diminished the competence of government ministries that were already feeble.

Others experience mild to severe musculoskeletal complaints [ 13], like joint pain in multiple joints [ 10], fatigue [ 13], diminished motor competence [ 14] and muscle weakness [ 15].

Later work of Messer (1986 , 1989 and others (e.g., Martorell 1989; Vercellotti et al. 2014) refute this claim and show overwhelmingly that growth retardation is a major sign of poor health and is associated with compromised immune competence, poor psychological performance, diminished productivity and increased risk of mortality.

In special research populations where there are reasons to doubt children's decision-making capacities (e.g. intellectual disabled children or pediatric patients with a psychiatric disorder that diminishes competence), a research protocol could include a standardized competence assessment of participants.

Adolescent drug and cannabis use was also linked to a less successful autonomy development and diminished perceived competences later in life [ 6].

The two business academics wrote Core competencies are the collective learning in the organisation, especially how to co-ordinate diverse production skills and integrate multiple streams of technologies...core competence is communication, involvement and a deep commitment to working across organisational boundaries...core competence does not diminish with use.

One exception is that equality of income may diminish competence on tasks that demand the application of established principles rather than intuition.