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Discover LudwigThe phrase "feel incompetent" is grammatically correct and can be used in written English
It refers to the feeling of inadequacy or the belief that one lacks the necessary skills or abilities to perform a certain task or fulfill a certain role. Some examples of how this phrase can be used in written English are: - "I often feel incompetent around my coworkers who seem to be more skilled and knowledgeable than me." - "The constant criticism from my boss makes me feel incompetent and insecure in my job." - "As a new parent, I sometimes feel incompetent in handling my child's needs, but I am learning as I go." - "Her success in the competition made me feel even more incompetent and discouraged." - "Feeling incompetent and overwhelmed, he decided to seek help from a mentor to improve his skills."
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Such societal assumptions can perpetuate stereotype threats (Elliott 2015) and lead students to feel incompetent or unwelcome in science, which can prevent them from developing feelings of ownership, commitment, and identification in these fields (Walton and Cohen 2007).
Boy, oh boy, do weddings make me feel incompetent.
They could feel incompetent or that they have let people down by not living up to their expectations.
How humiliating it must have been for writers like Faulkner or Fitzgerald, lauded for their fiction, to be made to feel incompetent by hacks and vulgarians.
I'm aware that I am almost constantly stressed and feel incompetent in my role which is a shame as I was excited about heading down a new career path.
Maude, "Maude" Maude had a special way of making people feel incompetent.
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Yet he admitted early in his term that he felt "incompetent".
Jen's problem is that she feels incompetent even when she is competent.
When Jenny was a senior at Princeton High School and much put out by the time it was taking her to start an assigned piece of writing, let alone complete it, she told me one day as I was driving her to school that she felt incompetent and was worried about the difficulty she was having getting things right the first time, worried by her need to revise.
And despite a lactation consultant offering help, I felt incompetent.
Feeling incompetent: When you believe you are incompetent, you give up more easily when you hit a roadblock.
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