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be incompetent
adjective
Unskilled, lacking normally expected degree of ability.
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Given the lack of outward signs of ASD, parents often appear to be incompetent parents, rather than as parents of children with particular social and communication disorders.
"He has shown himself to be incompetent," Wolfers said.
To fail to do so, therefore, must be incompetent.
"It's almost a given that my heroes will be incompetent".
In a 1956 pretrial sanity hearing, Allen was found to be incompetent to stand trial.
"Is the anger simply because the elite has been found to be incompetent?" asked Mr. Rajan.
If we must have an extremist, we prefer that he be incompetent.
According to some, that's because the selection committee must be incompetent, biased or even corrupt.
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It has been, and continues to be, incompetent; wedded to a (structural adjustment) model which is out of date and fiscally flawed.
The junta turned out to be incompetent and not in control of the military.
It also describes people found by a court to be incompetent to stand trial, or found in a criminal case to be insane.
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