beyond sb's competence

Frequency: 7.010.8 per million words

Used when a task is too difficult for someone.

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Examples (10)

  • I'm afraid the work is beyond his competence.
  • Diagnosing such a rare disease is beyond my competence as a general practitioner.
  • Repairing the central server is beyond the IT support team's competence.
  • She had to decline the offer because the required programming language was beyond her competence.
  • The legal complexities of the case were far beyond the junior lawyer's competence.
  • He wisely recognized that performing the advanced surgery was beyond his competence.
  • This level of statistical analysis is simply beyond my competence; I'll need help.
  • Are you certain this project doesn't fall beyond your team's competence?
  • The task of translating ancient poetry was clearly beyond their competence.
  • We need to hire an expert, as this problem is beyond our collective competence.