Incompetent - definition, pronunciation, transcription
Amer.
|ɪnˈkɑːmpɪtənt|
Brit.
|ɪnˈkɒmpɪt(ə)nt|
noun
- someone who is not competent to take effective action
adjective
- showing lack of skill or aptitude (syn: bungling, clumsy, fumbling)
- not doing a good job (syn: unskilled)
- not doing a good job (syn: unskilled)
incompetent at chess
- not meeting requirements (syn: incapable)Extra examples
He is too incompetent to be trusted with such an important responsibility.
The patient is mentally incompetent.
The defendant was declared incompetent to stand trial.
He is far too incompetent to be put in charge of the factory.
The immune system may be incompetent.
The Prime Minister is incompetent to govern the country.
...the inexperienced babysitter turned out to be a well-meaning but hopelessly incompetent watcher of young children...
He was dismissed as incompetent.
She was declared incompetent
We are generaled by an incompetent!
Word forms
noun
singular: incompetent
plural: incompetents
singular: incompetent
plural: incompetents
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