incompetents
The plural of "incompetent" is incompetents.
Most English nouns form the plural by adding -s, and incompetent follows this rule.
Meaning: a person who is not able to do their job (noun)
How does it change in a sentence?
Use a plural verb with incompetents: the incompetents are. The possessive plural adds only an apostrophe: incompetents'.
How do you pronounce it?
incompetent is pronounced /ɪnˈkɒmpətənt/. The plural ending sounds like /s/.
What mistakes should you avoid?
Do not use an apostrophe to make a plural. incompetents means more than one, while an apostrophe shows that something belongs to someone.
Did you know?
- The -s plural goes back to the Old English ending -as, which belonged to only one group of nouns, as in stānas, "stones". By the end of the Middle Ages it had spread to almost every noun.
Examples in context
- The project was run by incompetents.Singular: The project was run by an incompetent.
- The office was full of incompetents.Singular: The office was full of an incompetent.
