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Definition of incompetant

"incompetant" is probably misspelled. Trying incompetent instead Definition of incompetent

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 bungler

2. incompetent [ a ] not doing a good job
Examples: "incompetent at chess"

Synonyms unskilled incompetent Related Terms bad

3. incompetent [ a ] not qualified or suited for a purpose
Examples: "an incompetent secret service" "the filming was hopeless incompetent"

Synonyms incompetent Related Terms competent incapable feckless ineffective unqualified unworkmanlike incapable unskilled unqualified inefficient

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"

Synonyms fumbling clumsy incompetent bungling Related Terms unskilled

5. incompetent [ a ] not meeting requirements
Examples: "unequal to the demands put upon him"

Synonyms incompetent unequal_to incapable Related Terms inadequate

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