incompetent
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪnˈkɒmpətənt/
Forms: form: more incompetent
form: most incompetent
Etymology: Borrowed from French incompétent, from Late Latin incompetentem, from Latin incompetēns, equivalent to in- + competent.
Senses: examples: text: Near-synonyms: incapable, inable, unable
text: Having an incompetent lawyer may be grounds for a retrial, but the lawyer in question probably doesn't know that.
text: Many Gazans scorn Fatah as corrupt and incompetent, and they dislike Hamas's overzealousness and repression.
ref: 2009 January 8, Nicholas D. Kristof, “The Gaza Boomerang”, in The New York Times:
synonyms: word: noncompetent
word: uncompetent
word: inept
word: ineffective
word: abysmal
word: awful
word: chronic
word: coarse
word: crap
word: crummy
word: dire
word: disagreeable
word: dismal
word: dreadful
word: foul
word: hideous
word: hopeless
word: horrendous
word: horrid
word: horrible
word: inadequate
word: incompetent
word: inelegant
word: intolerable
word: inferior
word: loathsome
word: lousy
word: miserable
word: naff
word: negative
word: odious
word: pathetic
word: peak
word: rotten
word: rubbish
word: shitawful
word: sloppy
word: terrible
word: unfavorable
antonyms: word: competent
word: capable
word: able
word: amateurish
word: bungling
word: clumsy
word: inapt
word: incapable
word: incompetent
word: inept
word: inexpert
word: maladroit
word: unable
word: unprofessional
word: unqualified
word: unskilled
word: unskillful
glosses: Lacking the degree of ability and responsibility necessary to do a task successfully.
examples: text: The charged was judged incompetent to stand trial, at least until his medication started working.
synonyms: word: noncompetent
word: uncompetent
word: inept
word: ineffective
word: abysmal
word: awful
word: chronic
word: coarse
word: crap
word: crummy
word: dire
word: disagreeable
word: dismal
word: dreadful
word: foul
word: hideous
word: hopeless
word: horrendous
word: horrid
word: horrible
word: inadequate
word: incompetent
word: inelegant
word: intolerable
word: inferior
word: loathsome
word: lousy
word: miserable
word: naff
word: negative
word: odious
word: pathetic
word: peak
word: rotten
word: rubbish
word: shitawful
word: sloppy
word: terrible
word: unfavorable
antonyms: word: competent
word: capable
word: able
word: amateurish
word: bungling
word: clumsy
word: inapt
word: incapable
word: incompetent
word: inept
word: inexpert
word: maladroit
word: unable
word: unprofessional
word: unqualified
word: unskilled
word: unskillful
glosses: Lacking the degree of ability and responsibility necessary to do a task successfully.
Unable to make rational decisions; insane or otherwise cognitively impaired.
examples: Near-synonyms: dysfunctional, nonfunctioning
topics: medicine
sciences
synonyms: word: noncompetent
word: uncompetent
word: inept
word: ineffective
word: abysmal
word: awful
word: chronic
word: coarse
word: crap
word: crummy
word: dire
word: disagreeable
word: dismal
word: dreadful
word: foul
word: hideous
word: hopeless
word: horrendous
word: horrid
word: horrible
word: inadequate
word: incompetent
word: inelegant
word: intolerable
word: inferior
word: loathsome
word: lousy
word: miserable
word: naff
word: negative
word: odious
word: pathetic
word: peak
word: rotten
word: rubbish
word: shitawful
word: sloppy
word: terrible
word: unfavorable
antonyms: word: competent
word: capable
word: able
word: amateurish
word: bungling
word: clumsy
word: inapt
word: incapable
word: incompetent
word: inept
word: inexpert
word: maladroit
word: unable
word: unprofessional
word: unqualified
word: unskilled
word: unskillful
glosses: Lacking the degree of ability and responsibility necessary to do a task successfully.
Opening too early during pregnancy, resulting in miscarriage or premature birth.
raw_tags: of the cervix
topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
synonyms: word: noncompetent
word: uncompetent
word: inept
word: ineffective
word: abysmal
word: awful
word: chronic
word: coarse
word: crap
word: crummy
word: dire
word: disagreeable
word: dismal
word: dreadful
word: foul
word: hideous
word: hopeless
word: horrendous
word: horrid
word: horrible
word: inadequate
word: incompetent
word: inelegant
word: intolerable
word: inferior
word: loathsome
word: lousy
word: miserable
word: naff
word: negative
word: odious
word: pathetic
word: peak
word: rotten
word: rubbish
word: shitawful
word: sloppy
word: terrible
word: unfavorable
antonyms: word: competent
word: capable
word: able
word: amateurish
word: bungling
word: clumsy
word: inapt
word: incapable
word: incompetent
word: inept
word: inexpert
word: maladroit
word: unable
word: unprofessional
word: unqualified
word: unskilled
word: unskillful
glosses: Lacking the degree of ability and responsibility necessary to do a task successfully.
Not resistant to deformation or flow.
Derived terms: word: immunoincompetent
word: incompetently
word: incompetentness
word: non-incompetent
word: retroincompetent
Related terms: incompetence
incompetency