Sentence examples for could be incompetent from inspiring English sources
Cruel as the Soviet system was, it had a soft spot: you could be incompetent or drunk or asleep on the job, but you would not be fired.
"These are people who could be incompetent or even criminal.
None of us think we could be that incompetent, that totally incapable, until we are suddenly there, in a grey jumpsuit, trying to do it on national television.
How he could be so incompetent in one fight raises some questions".
Voters doubt that the Democrats take terrorism as seriously as the Republicans do, but they also doubt that the Democrats could be as incompetent in fighting it.
It's hard to believe that anyone in the 21st Century could be that incompetent about a technology project — so hard to believe that you have to wonder how much of this is spin.
In the White House and on Capitol Hill there has been incredulity that Europe's politicians could be so incompetent at handling an economic problem; so addicted to last-minute, short-term fixes; and so incapable of agreeing on a long-term strategy for the single currency.Those criticisms were all valid, but now those who made them should take the planks from their own eyes.
These findings emphasize the immense turmoil experienced by family members and suggest that surrogate decision makers could be temporarily incompetent, raising issues about the shared decision-making model [ 2].
Mr. Christensen's assertion also prompted the new lawyer, G. Warren Whitaker, to question him in a letter about how he could say that Mrs. Astor may be incompetent since Mr. Christensen had recently witnessed her signing an amendment.
"Oh, you know, questions about the relationship, about his need to keep using his wife, about his need to make films which could be seen as being incompetent and unachieved, but then being so articulate and justifying, why they are that way.
