Definition of incompetant
1. incompetent [ n ] someone who is not competent to take effective action
Used in print:(The New York Times,...)
And it also stayed the hands of thousands of brooding incompetents who were meditating the abandonment of a sport whose frustrations were driving them to despair .
(Edward Austin Walton, "On Education for the Interior...)
No one can deny that these `` back_door '' admissions to membership provisions have been seriously abused nor that they have not resulted in the admission of downright incompetents to membership in supposedly learned societies .
Synonyms incompetent incompetent_person Related Terms unskilled_person slouch bungler2. incompetent [ a ] not doing a good job
Examples:
"incompetent at chess"
3. incompetent [ a ] not qualified or suited for a purpose
Examples:
"an incompetent secret service"
"the filming was hopeless incompetent"
4. incompetent [ a ] showing lack of skill or aptitude
Examples:
"a bungling workman"
"did a clumsy job"
"his fumbling attempt to put up a shelf"
5. incompetent [ a ] not meeting requirements
Examples:
"unequal to the demands put upon him"
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