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"lacked competence" is a grammatically correct and commonly used phrase in written English
It means that someone or something did not have the necessary skills or abilities to perform a task or fulfill a role. Example: The new employee lacked competence in the computer program, causing delays in the project's progress.
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Standing three rows of lawyers back, he elicited from Duckenfield admissions that he lacked competence and experience, that his knowledge of the ground was "wholly inadequate".
In this integrative review, it was evident that radiographers lacked competence for working in a patient-centred way [25, 36].
Clinicians also felt that they lacked competence in evaluating test results when making treatment decisions and that patient expectations and requirements were problems with patients 1 3.
The attending surgeons tried to argue that this was irrational, and therefore the patient lacked competence, and were seeking permission to proceed with the amputation.
Among those physicians who did not seek advice in relation to a complicated case of measles or TB, some suggested that the available experts within the district health care delivery system were not of the relevant field or lacked competence.
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Additionally some parents lacked competences.
A score of 0 meant that a child showed normal behaviour; a score of 1 or 2 implied that a child lacked competences or experienced problems to a mild or severe degree.
"It is the opinion of this committee that your force lacks competence," Vaz replied.
This is often because primary heads feel they lack competence to judge language provision, Ofsted says.
He then goes on to echo many of the allegations in the Policy Exchange report earlier this week, such as the idea that European judges lack competence, and that changing the law on prisoners voting would be to "allow the court to extend its remit far beyond anything that was ever anticipated".
This is life in a failed company, in the hands of leadership lacking competence and ethics, and motivated primarily by personal gain.
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