incompetent
incompetent Lexical Profile
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• adjective
Lacking the necessary skill, knowledge, or ability to do something successfully.
"The audit revealed that several managers were utterly incompetent at handling the department's finances."
Not legally qualified or mentally able to manage one's own affairs, stand trial, or perform a specific legal act.
"The judge ruled that the defendant was mentally incompetent to stand trial."
Unable to function properly or close completely, especially regarding a bodily organ or cardiac valve.
"The echocardiogram showed an incompetent mitral valve that allowed blood to leak backward."
• noun
A person who lacks the skill or ability to do a job or task properly.
"He complained that the entire committee was run by well-meaning incompetents."
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Word Origin & Etymology
Borrowed in the late 16th century from Middle French incompétent or Late Latin incompetentem, formed from the privative prefix in- ('not') and competentem ('fit, suitable'), from Latin competere ('to strive together, coincide').