Incompetent (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

adjective
  1. not competent; lacking qualification or ability; incapable: an incompetent candidate.
  2. characterized by or showing incompetence: His incompetent acting ruined the play.
  3. Law.
    • being unable or legally unqualified to perform specified acts or to be held legally responsible for such acts.
    • inadmissible, as evidence.
noun
  1. an incompetent person; a mentally deficient person.
  2. a person lacking power to act with legal effectiveness.
adjective
  1. not possessing the necessary ability, skill, etc to do or carry out a task; incapable
  2. marked by lack of ability, skill, etc
  3. not legally qualified
  4. (of rock strata, folds, etc) yielding readily to pressure so as to undergo structural deformation
noun
  1. an incompetent person
Incompetent (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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