incompetent

in·com·pe·tent  (n-kmp-tnt)

adj.

1. Not qualified in legal terms: a defendant who was incompetent to stand trial.

2. Inadequate for or unsuited to a particular purpose or application.

3. Devoid of those qualities requisite for effective conduct or action.

n.

An incompetent person.

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in·compe·tent·ly adv.

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incompetent

Adjective

1. not having the necessary ability or skill to do something

2. Law not legally qualified: an incompetent witness

Noun

an incompetent person

incompetence n

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	incompetent - someone who is not competent to take effective action incompetent person unskilled person - a person who lacks technical training blunderer, botcher, bumbler, bungler, fuckup, fumbler, sad sack, stumbler, butcher - someone who makes mistakes because of incompetence slouch - an incompetent person; usually used in negative constructions; "he's no slouch when it comes to baseball"
Adj.	1.	incompetent - legally not qualified or sufficient; "a wife is usually considered unqualified to testify against her husband"; "incompetent witnesses" unqualified law, jurisprudence - the collection of rules imposed by authority; "civilization presupposes respect for the law"; "the great problem for jurisprudence to allow freedom while enforcing order" competent - legally qualified or sufficient; "a competent court"; "competent testimony"
	2.	incompetent - not qualified or suited for a purpose; "an incompetent secret service"; "the filming was hopeless incompetent" inefficient - not producing desired results; wasteful; "an inefficient campaign against drugs"; "outdated and inefficient design and methods" unqualified - not meeting the proper standards and requirements and training unskilled - not having or showing or requiring special skill or proficiency; "unskilled in the art of rhetoric"; "an enthusiastic but unskillful mountain climber"; "unskilled labor"; "workers in unskilled occupations are finding fewer and fewer job opportunities"; "unskilled workmanship" competent - properly or sufficiently qualified or capable or efficient; "a competent typist"
	3.	incompetent - showing lack of skill or aptitude; "a bungling workman"; "did a clumsy job"; "his fumbling attempt to put up a shelf" bungling, fumbling, clumsy unskilled - not having or showing or requiring special skill or proficiency; "unskilled in the art of rhetoric"; "an enthusiastic but unskillful mountain climber"; "unskilled labor"; "workers in unskilled occupations are finding fewer and fewer job opportunities"; "unskilled workmanship"
	4.	incompetent - not doing a good job; "incompetent at chess" unskilled bad - having undesirable or negative qualities; "a bad report card"; "his sloppy appearance made a bad impression"; "a bad little boy"; "clothes in bad shape"; "a bad cut"; "bad luck"; "the news was very bad"; "the reviews were bad"; "the pay is bad"; "it was a bad light for reading"; "the movie was a bad choice"
	5.	incompetent - not meeting requirements; "unequal to the demands put upon him" unequal to, incapable inadequate, unequal - lacking the requisite qualities or resources to meet a task; "inadequate training"; "the staff was inadequate"; "she was unequal to the task"

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incompetent

adjective inept, useless, incapable, unable, cowboy (informal) floundering, bungling, unfit, unfitted, ineffectual, incapacitated, inexpert, skill-less, unskilful << OPPOSITE competent

Translations

incompetent [ɪnˈkɔmpɪtənt] adj → incompetente

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incompetent [ɪnˈkɔmpɪtnt] adj → incompétent(e) → incapable

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incompetent [ɪnˈkɔmpɪtnt] incompetence adj → unfähig;

(job) → unzulänglich

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incompetent [ɪnˈkɔmpɪtnt] adj → incompetente, incapace

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incompetent

adj incompetent [inˈkompitənt]

not good enough at doing a job etc a very incompetent mechanic. onbevoeg غَيْر كُفء، لا دِرايَةَ لَهُ некомпетентен nezpůsobilý inkompetent; uduelig unzulänglich ανίκανος, ακατάλληλος incompetente asjatundmatu ناشی؛ نالایق epäpätevä incompétent חֲסַר יְכוֹלֶת अयोग्य nesposoban (szakmailag) nem hozzáértő kurang mampu óhæfur incompetente 無能な 부적격의 nekompetentingas nekompetents; nemākulīgs tidak cekap onbekwaam udugelig, inkompetent nieudolny incompetente incompetent некомпетентный neschopný, slabý nesposoben nestručan inkompetent ซึ่งไร้ความสามารถ yetersiz 不勝任的 некомпетентний; невмілий کسی کام کے لیے ناموزوں thiếu khả năng 不胜任的

n inˈcompetence

onbevoegdheid عَدَم كَفاءَه، قُصور، عَجْز عن некомпетентност nezpůsobilost inkompetance; uduelighed die Unzulänglichkeit ανικανότητα, ακαταλληλότητα incompetencia asjatundmatus بی عرضگی epäpätevyys incompétence חוֹסֶר יְכוֹלֶת अयोग्यता nesposobnost alkalmatlanság, hozzáértés hiánya kekurangmampuan vanhæfni incompetenza 無能力 부적당 nekompetentingumas nekompetence ketidakcekapan onbekwaamheid udugelighet, inkompetanse nieudolność incompetência incompetenţă некомпетентность nespôsobilosť nesposobnost nestručnost inkompetens การไม่มีความสามารถ yetersizlik 不勝任 некомпетентність نا اہلی sự thiếu khả năng 不胜任