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  • noun Plural form of incompetent.

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Examples

  • Dated stuff John – now we have the Dilbert Principle – no need to be competent at something to be promoted now – they just wizz in incompetents from nowhere.

    Through The Looking Glass « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2010

  • The only people who didn t think Mr Colbert was funny were the ones his comments were directed at, namely the incompetents in the shrub administration and the shills in the msm who have been covering for their criminal ineptitude for lo these last six years.

    Think Progress » Fox News Slams Colbert: ‘Inappropriate,’ ‘Over the Line,’ ‘Not Very Funny’ 2006

  • To my enormous discomfort, two of these so-called incompetents — a man and a woman, both in their mid-thirties — were also sitting at the conference table with us, shuffling through files and making notes.

    Bridie Clark: Because She Can Clark, Bridie 2007

  • To my enormous discomfort, two of these so-called incompetents — a man and a woman, both in their mid-thirties — were also sitting at the conference table with us, shuffling through files and making notes.

    Bridie Clark: Because She Can Clark, Bridie 2007

  • Somehow the notion of incompetents with nuclear weapons in North Korea is not as funny.

    GreenCine Daily 2009

  • Also, knowing that the same kind of incompetents are, possibly, going to be responsible for my healthcare REALLY worries me.

    Connecting the dots after 9/11 2009

  • WTF kind of incompetents do we have in our military anyway?

    Joe Klein's scurrilous meltdown. Ann Althouse 2008

  • Within the will theory it is impossible for "incompetents" like infants, animals, and comatose adults to have rights.

    Rights Wenar, Leif 2007

  • I am writing to urge hardworking and overtaxed Americans to vote out the "incompetents" known as Congress and the Obama administration.

    The Herald-Mail Online 2010

  • Stone drew an analogy to the legal status of "incompetents," such as children or senile elders, who may not be able to articulate their interests: guardians can make informed judgments about those interests and represent them in court.

    Boston.com Top Stories 2009

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