incompetent

Example Sentences

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North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has fired a senior official tasked with economic policy and condemned "incompetent" apparatchiks for delays in the opening of an important factory, state media said Tuesday.

From Barron's

Had I been a fool to devote half a century to a craft I was incompetent at?

From Los Angeles Times

In his famous “Foundation” series of science-fiction novels, Isaac Asimov wrote that violence is the last refuge of the incompetent.

From Salon

Was he really that incompetent when it came to using the ring?

From Literature

"You believe that other people are overestimating your abilities and intelligence, and you fear that one day you'll be exposed as incompetent and undeserving of your success."

From Science Daily