adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
as
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An adoring right-wing press gave him his platform to denounce 15,000 teachers as incompetent .
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Or are they as incompetent as that across the whole waterfront?
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It would be fair to sack the employee as incompetent or for being dishonest.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Incompetent teachers should be fired.
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Legislators are planning a new bill that will protect patients from incompetent doctors.
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Price was found mentally incompetent to stand trial.
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Some drivers are just plain incompetent .
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This government is totally incompetent .
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A Limba teacher is too often believed incompetent by his Susu or Koranko students until he proves otherwise.
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But the union representing librarians countered that the culprits were incompetent management and expensive technology.
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I was afraid my boss would discover that I was completely incompetent and justly fire me.
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It made her feel she had been incompetent in handling her affairs, and she didn't like that.
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Mr Major was being attacked by Labour as innately incompetent to lead.
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Other hazards lurk around every corner like people jumping from bridges, swimming in dangerous areas, and incompetent boat handlers.
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The parents claimed the administration and the teachers were incompetent .