Sentence examples for mere incompetence from inspiring English sources

In many cities, teachers' unions ensured no one was removed for mere incompetence.

"The only reason they were not guilty of mass murder is mere incompetence," he said.

"Hosing down the crime scene so soon after the blast goes beyond mere incompetence," the report said.

Is the system itself discredited if knighthoods can be removed for mere incompetence rather than wrong-doing?

If Carly Fiorina, boss of HP, were in future to be sacked for mere incompetence, massive contractual payments would be triggered.

We shouldn't give so much power to local officials who may hamper the right to cast a ballot, through malevolence or mere incompetence.

Many derive from simple incompetence.

Plain and simple incompetence.

Mere police incompetence, or high-placed political friends?

A scene in which two characters converse at a bar can be filmed in a banal way without revealing more about the director than a mere professional incompetence.

Mere provincial incompetence cannot explain it.