Incompetent Definition

ĭn-kŏmpĭ-tənt
incompetents
adjective
Without adequate ability, knowledge, fitness, etc.; failing to meet requirements; incapable; unskillful.
Webster's New World
Lacking qualities necessary for effective conduct or action.
An incompetent manager.
American Heritage
Not legally qualified.
Webster's New World
Inadequate for or unsuited to a particular purpose or application.
American Heritage
Not functioning properly in the body.
An incompetent heart valve.
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noun
incompetents
An incompetent person; esp., one who is mentally deficient.
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Other Word Forms of Incompetent

Noun

Singular:
incompetent
Plural:
incompetents

Origin of Incompetent

  • From French incompétent

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Incompetent Sentence Examples

  • The Parkside men in blue were noth­ing but a bunch of incompetent misfits who should all be fired, so continued the tirade.

  • Moylan, however, proved incompetent, and Mifflin resumed the office on the 1st of October.

  • But their kings were incompetent, their chiefs jealous and their tribes divided.

  • I have to say, the men seem to be incompetent buffoons.

  • The drug is contra-indicated in all cases where the heart is already beating too slowly; in aortic incompetence - where the prolongation of diastole increases the amount of the blood that regurgitates through the incompetent valve; in chronic Bright's disease and in fatty degeneration of the heart - since nothing can cause fat to become contractile.

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