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Discover LudwigThe phrase "an incompetent" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe someone who lacks the necessary skills or abilities to perform a task effectively.
Example: "The manager was criticized for hiring an incompetent who could not meet the project's deadlines."
Alternatives: "a fool" or "an inept person".
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"This is another serious gaffe by an incompetent government".
Turner was not, as sometimes charged, an incompetent figure painter.
Ryan was an incompetent; Trump was, well, Trump.
Ballet lessons began at three, unhappily with an incompetent teacher.
Ststst The jobcentre has always been an incompetent joke.
"Hames is a liar, a drunk, and an incompetent witness.
Gehry must be judged objectively as an incompetent, and Princeton's administrators are his willing accomplices.
2. President Obama is an incompetent failure because he couldn't get immigration reform passed.
I was a perfect target for him — an incompetent sex-education teacher!
All of this is going completely unnoticed by an incompetent readership".
(Ms. Pelosi's description of Mr. Bush as "an incompetent leader" comes to mind).
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