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incompetent

English

  1. 🔊 not qualified or suited for a purpose
    “an incompetent secret service”
  2. 🔊 legally not qualified or sufficient
    “a wife is usually considered unqualified to testify against her husband”
  3. 🔊 not doing a good job
    “incompetent at chess”
  4. 🔊 not meeting requirements
    “unequal to the demands put upon him”
  5. 🔊 showing lack of skill or aptitude
    “a bungling workman”
  6. 🔊 someone who is not competent to take effective action

Spanish

  1. 🔊 incompetente incompetent
  2. 🔊 negado incompetent, hopeless, useless

Similar words

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