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incompetent - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'incompetent' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Incompetent [ a.]
- Not competent; wanting in adequate strength, power, capacity, means, qualifications, or the like; incapable; unable; inadequate; unfit.
- 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.
- Not lying within one's competency, capacity, or authorized power; not permissible.

Meaning of 'incompetent' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . incompetent [ a]
Meaning (1):
- legally not qualified or sufficient
Example in sentence:
  • a wife is usually considered unqualified to testify against her husband;
  • incompetent witnesses
Meaning (2):
- not qualified or suited for a purpose
Example in sentence:
  • an incompetent secret service;
  • the filming was hopeless incompetent
3 . incompetent [ s]
Meaning (3):
- showing lack of skill or aptitude
Example in sentence:
  • a bungling workman;
  • did a clumsy job;
  • his fumbling attempt to put up a shelf
Meaning (4):
- not doing a good job
Example in sentence:
  • incompetent at chess
Meaning (5):
- not meeting requirements
Example in sentence:
  • unequal to the demands put upon him

Nearby Words:

inc inca incage incaged incagement incaging incalculability incalculable incalescence incalescency

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