incompetent vs lame duck

incompetent

noun
  • A person who is incompetent. 

adj
  • Not resistant to deformation or flow. 

  • Unable to make rational decisions; insane or otherwise cognitively impaired. 

  • Opening too early during pregnancy, resulting in miscarriage or premature birth. 

  • Unskilled; lacking the degree of ability that would normally be expected. 

lame duck

noun
  • A person or thing that is helpless, inefficient, or disabled. 

  • An elected official who has lost the recent election or is not eligible for reelection and is marking time until leaving office. 

How often have the words incompetent and lame duck occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )