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1. (adj.) incompetent
lacking qualification or ability; incapable.
2. incompetent
characterized by or showing incompetence.
3. incompetent
not legally qualified.
4. (n.) incompetent
an incompetent person, as one who is mentally deficient.
Etymology: (1590–1600; < LL)
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| Definition of 'incompetent' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (adj) incompetent, incompetent person
someone who is not competent to take effective action
2. (adj) incompetent, unqualified
legally not qualified or sufficient
"a wife is usually considered unqualified to testify against her husband"; "incompetent witnesses"
3. (adj) incompetent
not qualified or suited for a purpose
"an incompetent secret service"; "the filming was hopeless incompetent"
4. (adj) bungling, clumsy, fumbling, incompetent
showing lack of skill or aptitude
"a bungling workman"; "did a clumsy job"; "his fumbling attempt to put up a shelf"
5. (adj) incompetent, unskilled
not doing a good job
"incompetent at chess"
6. (adj) incapable, incompetent, unequal to(p)
not meeting requirements
"unequal to the demands put upon him"
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1. (adjective) incompetent
inefficient or useless
an incompetent fool; incompetent handling of the problem
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| Definition of 'incompetent' |
Webster Dictionary |
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1. (adj) incompetent
not competent; wanting in adequate strength, power, capacity, means, qualifications, or the like; incapable; unable; inadequate; unfit
2. (adj) incompetent
wanting the legal or constitutional qualifications; inadmissible; as, a person professedly wanting in religious belief is an incompetent witness in a court of law or equity; incompetent evidence
3. (adj) incompetent
not lying within one's competency, capacity, or authorized power; not permissible
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Sense: not good enough at doing a job etc
a very incompetent mechanic.
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 Afrikaans: onbevoeg |
 Arabic: غَيْر كُفء، لا دِرايَةَ ل |
 Bulgarian: некомпетентен |
 Brazilian: incompetente |
 Czech: nezpůsobilý |
 German: unzulänglich |
 Danish: inkompetent; uduelig |
 Greek: ανίκανος, ακατάλληλος |
 Spanish: incompetente |
 Estonian: asjatundmatu |
 Farsi: ناشی؛ نالایق |
 Finnish: kykenemätön |
 French: incompétent |
 Hebrew: חֲסַר יְכוֹלֶת |
 Hindi: अयोग्य |
 Croatian: nesposoban |
 Hungarian: (szakmailag) nem hozzáért |
 Indonesian: kurang mampu |
 Icelandic: óhæfur |
 Italian: incompetente |
 Japanese: 無能な |
 Korean: 무능한 |
 Lithuanian: nekompetentingas |
 Latvian: nekompetents; nemākulīgs |
 Malay: tidak cekap |
 Dutch: onbekwaam |
 Norwegian: udugelig, inkompetent |
 Polish: nieudolny |
 Persian: ناشی؛ نالایق |
 Pashto: نا لایق |
 Portuguese: incompetente |
 Romanian: incompetent |
 Russian: некомпетентный |
 Slovak: neschopný, slabý |
 Slovenian: nesposoben |
 Serbian: nestručan |
 Swedish: inkompetent |
 Thai: ซึ่งไร้ความสามารถ |
 Turkish: yetersiz |
 Taiwanese: 不夠格的 |
 Ukrainian: некомпетентний; невмілий |
 Urdu: کسی کام کے لیے ناموزوں |
 Vietnamese: thiếu khả năng |
 Chinese: 不胜任的 |
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