incompetent

Example Sentences

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A recent report by the Home Affairs Committee said the wider system of asylum accommodation provision has been marked by "flawed contracts" and "incompetent delivery".

From BBC

"I think his direct managers knew and covered it up. Or they didn't know and they are entirely incompetent."

From BBC

Mike Jeffries was declared "mentally incompetent" by a court in May and said to be suffering with dementia and late onset of Alzheimer's disease.

From BBC

Perhaps it is a feeling of vindication knowing that virtually everyone, including myself, know someone whose life was unnecessarily cut short by incompetent, profit-driven, inadequate care.

From Salon

So, either he was lying to us … or he’s incompetent and didn’t know it had happened.”

From Salon