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   incompetent

   /ɪnˈkɒmpɪt(ə)nt/

   adjective

   • 1. not having or showing the necessary skills to do something successfully: "a forgetful and utterly incompetent assistant"
   • ▪ not qualified to act in a particular capacity: "the patient is deemed legally incompetent"
   • ▪ (especially of a valve or sphincter) not able to perform its function.

   noun

   • 1. an incompetent person: "the tanker captain was a known incompetent"

   Word Origin late 16th century (in the sense ‘not legally competent’): from French, or from late Latin incompetent-, from in- ‘not’ + Latin competent- ‘being fit or proper’ (see competent).

   Derivatives

   • 1. incompetently adverb

   Scrabble Points: 17

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     INCOMPETENT meaning: 1. not having the ability to do...

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     INCOMPETENT definicja: 1. not having the ability to do...

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     INCOMPETENT translate: 無能力的;不勝任的, 無能力的人;不勝任的人，不稱職的人. Learn...

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   1. not possessing the necessary ability, skill, etc to do or carry out a task; incapable. 2. marked by lack of ability, skill, etc. 3. law. not legally qualified. an incompetent witness. 4. (of rock strata, folds, etc) yielding readily to pressure so as to undergo structural deformation.

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   Incompetent definition: not competent; lacking qualification or ability; incapable. See examples of INCOMPETENT used in a sentence.

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   Someone who is not very good at getting a job done is incompetent. An incompetent salesperson can't sell anything. A learned professor may be quite incompetent when it comes to controlling a room full of rowdy pre-schoolers.

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