Incompetent is an English word with synonyms like incapable or unqualified. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Incompetent in a sentence
Related words
Incompetent meaning
- Lacking the degree of ability and responsibility necessary to do a task successfully.
- Unable to make rational decisions; insane or otherwise cognitively impaired.
- Opening too early during pregnancy, resulting in miscarriage or premature birth.
Synonyms of Incompetent
Using Incompetent
- The main meaning on this page is: Lacking the degree of ability and responsibility necessary to do a task successfully. | Unable to make rational decisions; insane or otherwise cognitively impaired. | Opening too early during pregnancy, resulting in miscarriage or premature birth.
- Useful related words include: incapable, unqualified, unskilled, inefficient.
- In the example corpus, incompetent often appears in combinations such as: incompetent and, an incompetent, incompetent to.
Context around Incompetent
- Average sentence length in these examples: 22.1 words
- Position in the sentence: 3 start, 7 middle, 10 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Incompetent
- In this selection, "incompetent" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 22.1 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, feeling, terrible, completely, people, cdc and nih stand out and add context to how "incompetent" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include and an incompetent referee and and his incompetent cdc and. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "incompetent" sits close to words such as astonishing, deception and discourage, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with incompetent
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Are they stupid or incompetent? (5 words)
In response, an “incompetent loudmouth,” a “Mr. (7 words)
But they have been cursed with incompetent and corrupt leaders. (10 words)
An increasingly and more clearly incompetent and petty conservative side that can only stoke hate to try and maintain their followers called out on their shit with no viable defense so they just lash out at the actual calling out of said shit. (43 words)
But in a place of sensitive awareness, if she was feeling incompetent or I was feeling incompetent — because that’s what it ultimately comes from, your fear — whenever we were afraid, we couldn’t be afraid together. (37 words)
Biden’s reorientation on great power rivalry got off to a disastrous start with his shambolic withdrawal from Afghanistan, which made the U.S. look weak and incompetent in the eyes of Beijing and Moscow. (35 words)
Are they stupid or incompetent? (5 words)
Example sentences (20)
Donald Trump and his incompetent CDC and his incompetent NIH and his incompetent Department of Homeland Security.
But in a place of sensitive awareness, if she was feeling incompetent or I was feeling incompetent — because that’s what it ultimately comes from, your fear — whenever we were afraid, we couldn’t be afraid together.
But we did because we were that desperate because the people who were running things were that incompetent, and not only incompetent, grasping at more and more power all the time, power over us.
Every Trump administration personnel shake-up is a noir story of terrible, incompetent people squabbling with other terrible, incompetent people.
And I was so mad by the incompetence of that campaign, which was completely incompetent.
An increasingly and more clearly incompetent and petty conservative side that can only stoke hate to try and maintain their followers called out on their shit with no viable defense so they just lash out at the actual calling out of said shit.
Are they stupid or incompetent?
At a press conference, Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo announced expanded treatment options for severely mentally ill inmates, referring to those who have been found incompetent to stand trial.
Away with political parties, cronies and incompetent politicians and the silly games they play with our lives.
Biden’s reorientation on great power rivalry got off to a disastrous start with his shambolic withdrawal from Afghanistan, which made the U.S. look weak and incompetent in the eyes of Beijing and Moscow.
But they have been cursed with incompetent and corrupt leaders.
Dr. Tanisha Keith, the chief of psychology at State Hospital South in Blackfoot, told the Statesman that people deemed mentally incompetent show a wide range of symptoms and issues.
Hamm appears briefly as the detective Joe Finney, who is tasked with interviewing the incompetent accountant Matt Wertz (Harbour).
He demanded that the entire match be cancelled, alleging trickery and an incompetent referee.
However, America’s founders were not in fact incredibly incompetent.
However, the mayor is the one to decide if an employee is incompetent or neglectful.
I genuinely believed that I was incompetent in the water, that I would be risking my safety, and it was enough to dismiss the idea of being able to swim.
In response, an “incompetent loudmouth,” a “Mr.
In Wisconsin, some, but not all, counties notify state elections officials when a person is found incompetent to vote, DeSpain said.
It can also be intimidating for a new manager saddled with a truckload of new tasks to ask for coaching or training for fear they might appear weak or incompetent in their new role.
Common combinations with incompetent
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- incompetent and 26×
- an incompetent 19×
- incompetent to 14×
- is incompetent 14×
- the incompetent 13×
- incompetent or 11×
- and incompetent 11×
- most incompetent 7×
- as incompetent 7×
- or incompetent 5×