ineptitude

ineptitude    [in-Ep-ti-tood]

noun. a lack of skill, ability or competence

"The Obama administration's conditional approval to Shell to drill for oil off the coast of Alaska has angered environmentalists.  It raises obvious concerns about the damage a major spill could cause to the fragile Arctic environment. Particularly, Shell has shown its ineptitude in the early trial runs: the Coast Guard found defects in the company's containment barge; one of Shell's two drilling rigs nearly ran aground; air quality violations were discovered on both rigs, ..."
"There will always be incompetent people in any workplace.  If you don't have the power to help them improve or fire them, then you have nothing to gain by broadcasting their ineptitude.  Your callousness will inevitably come back to haunt you in the form of your coworkers' negative opinions about you."
"To the Nets, booking a ticket to the playoffs has long been a formality, in no small part because of the Eastern Conference's general ineptitude."

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