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incompetent
[ in-kom-pi-tuhnt ]
adjective
- not competent; lacking qualification or ability; incapable:
an incompetent candidate.
Synonyms: unfit, inadequate, unqualified
- characterized by or showing incompetence:
His incompetent acting ruined the play.
- Law.
- being unable or legally unqualified to perform specified acts or to be held legally responsible for such acts.
- inadmissible, as evidence.
noun
- an incompetent person; a mentally deficient person.
- Law. a person lacking power to act with legal effectiveness.
incompetent
/ ɪnˈkɒmpɪtənt /
adjective
- not possessing the necessary ability, skill, etc to do or carry out a task; incapable
- marked by lack of ability, skill, etc
- law not legally qualified
an incompetent witness
- (of rock strata, folds, etc) yielding readily to pressure so as to undergo structural deformation
noun
- an incompetent person
Derived Forms
- inˈcompetently, adverb
- inˈcompetence, noun
Other Words From
- in·compe·tent·ly adverb
Word History and Origins
Origin of incompetent1
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
"Presidents and directors, leave Roma, you are incompetent and unworthy," read the banner outside the training ground gates.
“Gaetz is not only totally incompetent for this job, he doesn’t have the character. He is a person of moral turpitude.”
Her actions enraged Trump, who called her "racist," "grossly incompetent" and a "total disaster."
Nearly everyone who has worked with him in his first administration has called him a fascist, a narcissist or incompetent.
Rogan never pushed back when Trump called generals who served under him stupid and incompetent because they don’t support him now.
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