About The Word Incompetent
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Incompetent Definition And Meaning |
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What's The Definition Of Incompetent?
[n] someone who is not competent to take effective action
[adj] not meeting requirements; "unequal to the demands put upon him" [adj] not qualified or suited for a purpose; "an incompetent secret service"; "the filming was hopeless incompetent" [adj] not doing a good job; "incompetent at chess" [adj] showing lack of skill or aptitude; "a bungling workman"; "did a clumsy job"; "his fumbling attempt to put up a shelf" Synonyms | Synonyms for Incompetent: bad | bungling | clumsy | feckless | fumbling | inadequate | incapable | incompetent person | ineffective | inefficient | inept | unequal to(p) | unqualified | unworkmanlike Related Terms | Find terms related to Incompetent: awkward | base | blank cartridge | bungling | castrato | clumsy | defective | deficient | disqualified | dud | dull tool | eunuch | failing | found wanting | gauche | gelding | greenhorn | ill-equipped | ill-fitted | ill-furnished | ill-provided | ill-qualified | imperfect | impotent | inadequate | incapable | incapable of | incomplete | ineffective | ineffectual | inefficient | ineligible | inept | inexpert | inferior | insufficient | invalid | lacking | little | maladjusted | maladroit | mean | mediocre | mediocrity | no conjuror | not comparable | not enough | not equal to | not in it | not up to | out of it | petty | shabby | small | too little | trivial | unable | unable to | unadapted | unadjusted | unarmed | unendowed | unequal to | unequipped | unfit | unfitted | ungifted | unprovided | unqualified | unsatisfactory | unsatisfying | unskilled | unskillful | unsufficing | unsuited | untalented | unworkmanlike | useless | wanting | weakling See Also | blunderer | botcher | bumbler | bungler | butcher | fuckup | fumbler | sad sack | slouch | stumbler | unskilled | unskilled person Incompetent In Webster's Dictionary \In*com"pe*tent\, a. [L. incompetens: cf. F.
incomp['e]tent. See {In-} not, and {Competent}.]
1. Not competent; wanting in adequate strength, power,
capacity, means, qualifications, or the like; incapable;
unable; inadequate; unfit.
Incompetent to perform the duties of the place.
--Macaulay.
2. (Law) 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.
Richard III. had a resolution, out of hatred to his
brethren, to disable their issues, upon false and
incompetent pretexts, the one of attainder, the
other of illegitimation. --Bacon.
3. Not lying within one's competency, capacity, or authorized
power; not permissible.
Syn: Incapable; unable; inadequate; insufficient;
inefficient; disqualified; unfit; improper.
Usage: {Incompetent}, {Incapable}. Incompetent is a relative
term, denoting a want of the requisite qualifications
for performing a given act, service, etc.; incapable
is absolute in its meaning, denoting want of power,
either natural or moral. We speak of a man as
incompetent to a certain task, of an incompetent
judge, etc. We say of an idiot that he is incapable of
learning to read; and of a man distinguished for his
honor, that he is incapable of a mean action.
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