Incompetence in a Sentence 🔉

1. Fired for his incompetence in the kitchen, people wondered how the inept chef ever made it through cooking school.
2. Although his incompetence showed, the owner’s useless son got to keep his job as café manager.

The definition of incompetent is someone or something not qualified, inadequate or insufficient for a given purpose. An example of incompetent is a person getting behind the wheel of a manual transmission car, who doesn’t know how to drive with a stick shift.

1a : lacking the qualities needed for effective action. b : unable to function properly incompetent heart valves. 2 : not legally qualified. 3 : inadequate to or unsuitable for a particular purpose. Other Words from incompetent Synonyms & Antonyms Example Sentences Learn More about incompetent.

: lack of the ability to do something well : the quality or state of not being competent. See the full definition for incompetence in the English Language Learners Dictionary. incompetence. noun.

As nouns the difference between incompetency and incompetence. is that incompetency is the condition of being incompetent while incompetence is inability to perform; lack of competence; ineptitude.

What is another word for incompetent?

inept	inexpert
incapable	unskilled
unfit	inadequate
useless	unqualified
amateurish	ineffectual

incompetent (adj.) 1610s, “insufficient,” from French incompétent, from Late Latin incompetentem (nominative incompetens) “insufficient,” from in- “not” (see in- (1)) + Latin competentem (see competent). Sense of “lacking qualification or ability” first recorded 1630s.

incompetent. Antonyms: able, adapted, adequate, capable, commensurate, competent, equal, fit, fitted, fitting, qualified, satisfactory, sufficient, suitable. Synonyms: disqualified, inadequate, inferior, insufficient, poor, unequal, unfit, unqualified, unsatisfactory, unsuitable, useless, worthless.

the lack of sufficient ability, power, or means.

noun. the quality or condition of being incompetent; lack of ability. Law. the condition of lacking power to act with legal effectiveness.

If you refer to someone’s incompetence, you are criticizing them because they are unable to do their job or a task properly. The incompetence of government officials is appalling.

Identifying incompetence

• An inability to act, is the number one bad habit.
• Keeping things secret is another key trait.
• Being overly-sensitive to everything is next in line.
• Refusal to deviate from procedure is a sure sign of incompetence.

A common cause of incompetence is laziness, which can lead to errors, lateness and other problems. Not double checking your work is an example of incompetence, since anyone can do that.

Being around incompetent people and situations “slows down our own pace of doing things,” causing us to be late, not get things done right, or just making our “lives difficult.” However, most importantly, getting upset over these type of situations causes our blood pressure to rise, muscles to tighten, pain to increase …

4 Ways Effective Leaders Deal With Incompetent People

1. Communicate clearly and explicitly. A lot can go wrong when there’s a lack of clear communication in a team.
2. Document everything. Sometimes there are difficult coworkers who always cause trouble.
3. Stay cool.
4. Be prepared for the tough choices.

You start the process of declaring a person mentally incompetent by filing an official petition with the local district of your state’s probate court. At the same time that you are filing to have someone declared mentally incompetent, you are also filing to become their legal guardian.

Here are five general steps to follow to get someone declared legally incompetent:

1. File for Guardianship.
2. Consult an Attorney.
3. Schedule a Psychological Evaluation.
4. Submit the Evaluation to the Court.
5. Attend the Hearing.

Mental incompetence is the inability of a person to make or carry out important decisions regarding his or her affairs. An individual is defined as mentally incompetent if h/she is manifestly psychotic or otherwise of unsound mind, either consistently or sporadically, by reason of mental defect.

If someone is legally incapacitated, they cannot care for themselves or manage their own financial affairs. When someone is found legally incompetent, they are unfit or unqualified to do something.

Psychiatric hospitals, also known as mental health units or behavioral health units, are hospitals or wards specializing in the treatment of serious mental disorders, such as major depressive disorder, schizophrenia and bipolar disorder. Psychiatric hospitals vary widely in their size and grading.

Although psychiatric hospitals still exist, the dearth of long-term care options for the mentally ill in the U.S. is acute, the researchers say. State-run psychiatric facilities house 45,000 patients, less than a tenth of the number of patients they did in 1955.

Licensed care homes, assisted living facilities and nursing homes provide highly structured living for people with severe mental illness, disability or medical complications. With access to staff 24-hours a day and meals provided, residents usually pay most of their income except for a small allowance.

In most cases, you’ll need to make that decision for yourself. The laws vary by state, but usually you can only be hospitalized against your will if you present a “clear and present” danger to yourself or others. In other words, it has to seem like you’re really going to hurt someone if you aren’t hospitalized.