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The phrase "displaying incompetence" is correct and can be used in written English
It is often used to describe someone's actions or behavior that indicate a lack of skill or ability. It can also be used as a descriptive term for a person who consistently shows incompetence in certain tasks or responsibilities. Example: The CEO's constant micromanaging and indecisiveness were displaying his incompetence in running the company effectively.
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There will be plenty of opportunities to display incompetence and there won't be the scapegoat of Barack Obama to blame anymore.
Although it's clear that leaders lose credibility when they display incompetence or untrustworthiness, scholars have found that employees are much more tolerant and forgiving of an incompetent leader than they are of an untrustworthy leader.11 They believe that incompetent leaders can at least try to become more competent, whereas untrustworthy leaders can't easily become more trustworthy.
Social psychologist Amy Cuddy of Harvard Business School produced some interesting research years ago, suggesting that people are highly likely to see someone as competent if they've demonstrated expertise in just one area, even if they later display incompetence elsewhere.
Critics of the project included Roger Godsiff, Labour MP for Birmingham Sparkbrook and Small Heath, who said the police overall had displayed "incompetence" over how the situation had been handled.
Roger Godsiff, Labour MP for Birmingham Sparkbrook and Small Heath, said the police overall had displayed "incompetence" over the way they behaved, believing they could "get away with" installing the cameras without needing to talk to residents.
The current prime minister, Alexis Tsipras, displayed incompetence by calling a referendum for this weekend over the terms of a European bailout, says UC Berkeley economist Barry Eichengreen, an expert on international monetary systems.
Former BBC presenter Noel Edmonds has criticised the corporation's top executives for displaying "sheer incompetence" in managing Jeremy Clarkson.
These figures show the government hasn't given the Border Force enough resources to do the job properly and is displaying utter incompetence".
Governor Rick Perry can't decide whether the fiasco at the border displays incompetence or something worse.
G4S are not the only outsourcing company which appears to have displayed spectacular incompetence.
"We had long known that officers in charge of crowd control at Hillsborough on April 15 , 1989 displayed appalling incompetence..
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