Incompetent

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Not qualified in legal terms: a defendant who was incompetent to stand trial.
  • adj. Inadequate for or unsuited to a particular purpose or application.
  • adj. Devoid of those qualities requisite for effective conduct or action.
  • n. An incompetent person.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. Unskilled, lacking normally expected degree of ability, Northern Victorian Irrigation Renewal Project like see ombudsmans report.
  • adj. Unable to make rational decisions, insane or otherwise cognitively impaired.
  • n. A person who is incompetent.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Not competent; wanting in adequate strength, power, capacity, means, qualifications, or the like; incapable; unable; inadequate; unfit.
  • adj. Wanting the legal or constitutional qualifications; inadmissible
  • adj. Not lying within one's competency, capacity, or authorized power; not permissible.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Not competent; wanting ability or qualification; unable; incapable; inadequate.
  • In law, not competent; not qualified; incapacitated.
  • Synonyms Insufficient, unfit, disqualified.
  • n. An incompetent person; one who is mentally or physically deficient.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. not qualified or suited for a purpose
  • adj. not doing a good job
  • adj. legally not qualified or sufficient
  • n. someone who is not competent to take effective action
  • adj. showing lack of skill or aptitude
  • adj. not meeting requirements
  • Equivalent
    inefficient    inept    ineffective    unworkmanlike    feckless    bad    unskilled    inadequate    unequal   
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    inefficient    inept    corrupt    unable    irresponsible    inexperienced    inadequate    stupid    competent    unreliable