Definition of incompetent in English:

incompetent

adjective ɪnˈkɒmpɪt(ə)ntɪnˈkɑmpədənt

1mass noun Not having or showing the necessary skills to do something successfully.
不胜任的
a forgetful and utterly incompetent assistant
一个健忘的、完全不称职的助理。
Example sentencesExamples
- With the ball in hand they were ambitious and expansive. And clumsy, incompetent and inadequate.
- Quarrels over succession, corrupt and incompetent administration, and revolts accelerated disintegration.
- But to go back to work; suddenly, I AM that useless incompetent know-nothing manager whose presence in a position of authority bewilders everyone.
- But yesterday Mr Roberts admitted unprofessional and incompetent conduct.
- I may have said there are people here who are incompetent and unprofessional.
- This crew appears to be so power-hungry, and so incompetent in carrying out their radical programs, that only disaster will result if they gain a second term.
- Bullies latch on to any kind of weakness - but that doesn't mean the person being bullied is incompetent or incapable.
- In a large number of life's most basic practical skills, I am quite staggeringly, hopelessly incompetent.
- With close on 360000 inexperienced and incompetent drivers in circulation, is it any wonder that the accident rate is so alarming?
- Consequently he was incompetent, cognitively incapable of envisioning change and probably dangerous.
- Not necessarily incompetent, they are opportunists who seize the chance to make lots of money for doing relatively little work.
- These apologies can be interpreted as excuses for people being incompetent, unqualified, dumb, disorganised, and unreliable.
- I am simply too incompetent, too inexperienced and too unfit to be let anywhere near anything you can fall off.
- She would even settle for her incompetent assistants at this point.
- On the grounds of weeding out incompetent and unqualified staff, every teacher in the city was dismissed by the municipal authorities and ordered to reapply for their positions.
- The point is not to say that planners are necessary corrupt or incompetent; but simply that they cannot fail to see things from the point of view of how they, personally, may be affected by their own decisions.
- They were severely lambasted for being so inept and so incompetent.
- The problem is that we have had a succession of absolutely incompetent Ministers of Correction.
- The system was supposed to have been finished a week ago… yet, as always, her incompetent assistants had let her down.
- After that date firms would have to prove beyond doubt that older workers were incompetent or incapable of doing their jobs if they wanted to pension them off.
Synonyms
inept, unskilful, unskilled, inexpert, amateurish, unprofessional, lacking ability, bungling, blundering, clumsy, unproficient, inadequate, substandard, inferior, ineffective, deficient, inefficient, ineffectual, no good, not good enough, wanting, lacking, leaving much to be desired
incapable, unfitted, unfit, unsuitable, unqualified
informal useless, pathetic, cack-handed, ham-fisted, not up to it, a dead loss, not up to scratch, not up to snuff
British informal unable to do something for toffee, unable to do something to save one's life, not much cop
vulgar slang half-arsed, not know one's arse from one's elbow, couldn't organize a piss-up in a brewery
1. 1.1Law Not qualified to act in a particular capacity.
  〔律〕无资格的
  the patient is deemed legally incompetent
  这位病人被认为法律上不具资格。
  Example sentencesExamples
  In a letter the procurator fiscal raised no objection to this, but in court the Crown argued, and the sheriff accepted, that the motion was incompetent.
  If that proves to be the case, input from psychologists will become even more important in determining how the law treats defendants deemed incompetent to stand trial.
  I am horrified that thousands of pounds of taxpayer's money is being spent employing solicitors and barristers who are incompetent.
  The head of state must be a Muslim, and non-Muslims are incompetent to testify against Muslims.
  There was the first, the default that you are complaining of; then there was the section of the Evidence Act; and then there was incompetent advocacy.
2. 1.2Medicine (especially of a valve or sphincter) not able to perform its function.
  〔医〕（尤指瓣膜或括约肌）无机能的
  Example sentencesExamples
  Valves maybe incompetent due to lower leg trauma, deep vein thrombosis, or congenital anomalies.
  Barium contrast studies and colonoscopy may show ulcers, strictures, a deformed cecum, incompetent ileocecal valve, or fistulas.
  Occurs when incompetent valves cause blood to pool in the legs.
  In the 1940s, incompetent perforator veins were recognized as significant contributors to venous ulcers.
  When a valve is incompetent, the heart has to work harder to pump the required amount of blood around the body.

noun ɪnˈkɒmpɪt(ə)ntɪnˈkɑmpədənt

An incompetent person.
无能力者，不胜任者
the tanker captain was a known incompetent
Example sentencesExamples
- But exemplary and dedicated teachers surrounded by incompetents will soon grow demoralized, and effective teachers will shun under-performing schools.
- At best they have been portrayed as bungling incompetents.
- History is littered with despots and psychopaths, murderous dullards, evil geniuses, deadly incompetents, calamitous brutes of all descriptions.
- After reading an article in a daily newspaper this week I am left to conclude that our elected leaders are a bunch of fools, incompetents and idiots (take your pick as to who falls into which category).
- With his cultured right foot, he dominates the midfield, his integrity and swift moral purpose shading everyone else into the second-rate incompetents they probably know deep down that they are.
Synonyms
bungler, blunderer, incompetent, oaf, dunce, dolt, dunderhead, fool, idiot, booby, stupid person, moron, cretin, imbecile

Derivatives

incompetently

adverb ɪnˈkɒmpɪt(ə)ntliɪnˈkɑmpəd(ə)ntli

People said it was a waste of money, that it was too extravagant for its own good, and that the construction project was incompetently managed.
Example sentencesExamples
- The money would be better spent on treating women rather than regulating a single aspect of medicine so incompetently.
- His immediate superior divided his time between hitting on female staff and incompetently and arbitrarily changing working arrangements.
- Somehow we would plod through the day, dodging verbal missiles and accomplishing our missions albeit incompetently, until the doorbell rang for the first time.
- A movie may be incompetently acted and amateurishly shot.

Origin

Late 16th century (in the sense 'not legally competent'): from French, or from late Latin incompetent-, from in- 'not' + Latin competent- 'being fit or proper' (see competent).

Definition of incompetent in US English:

incompetent

adjectiveɪnˈkɑmpədəntinˈkämpədənt

1Not having or showing the necessary skills to do something successfully.
不胜任的
a forgetful and utterly incompetent assistant
一个健忘的、完全不称职的助理。
Example sentencesExamples
- She would even settle for her incompetent assistants at this point.
- After that date firms would have to prove beyond doubt that older workers were incompetent or incapable of doing their jobs if they wanted to pension them off.
- They were severely lambasted for being so inept and so incompetent.
- On the grounds of weeding out incompetent and unqualified staff, every teacher in the city was dismissed by the municipal authorities and ordered to reapply for their positions.
- I am simply too incompetent, too inexperienced and too unfit to be let anywhere near anything you can fall off.
- The point is not to say that planners are necessary corrupt or incompetent; but simply that they cannot fail to see things from the point of view of how they, personally, may be affected by their own decisions.
- Bullies latch on to any kind of weakness - but that doesn't mean the person being bullied is incompetent or incapable.
- Quarrels over succession, corrupt and incompetent administration, and revolts accelerated disintegration.
- But yesterday Mr Roberts admitted unprofessional and incompetent conduct.
- Consequently he was incompetent, cognitively incapable of envisioning change and probably dangerous.
- The system was supposed to have been finished a week ago… yet, as always, her incompetent assistants had let her down.
- In a large number of life's most basic practical skills, I am quite staggeringly, hopelessly incompetent.
- This crew appears to be so power-hungry, and so incompetent in carrying out their radical programs, that only disaster will result if they gain a second term.
- These apologies can be interpreted as excuses for people being incompetent, unqualified, dumb, disorganised, and unreliable.
- With close on 360000 inexperienced and incompetent drivers in circulation, is it any wonder that the accident rate is so alarming?
- But to go back to work; suddenly, I AM that useless incompetent know-nothing manager whose presence in a position of authority bewilders everyone.
- I may have said there are people here who are incompetent and unprofessional.
- The problem is that we have had a succession of absolutely incompetent Ministers of Correction.
- Not necessarily incompetent, they are opportunists who seize the chance to make lots of money for doing relatively little work.
- With the ball in hand they were ambitious and expansive. And clumsy, incompetent and inadequate.
Synonyms
inept, unskilful, unskilled, inexpert, amateurish, unprofessional, lacking ability, bungling, blundering, clumsy, unproficient, inadequate, substandard, inferior, ineffective, deficient, inefficient, ineffectual, no good, not good enough, wanting, lacking, leaving much to be desired
1. 1.1Law Not qualified to act in a particular capacity.
  〔律〕无资格的
  the patient is deemed legally incompetent
  这位病人被认为法律上不具资格。
  Example sentencesExamples
  The head of state must be a Muslim, and non-Muslims are incompetent to testify against Muslims.
  I am horrified that thousands of pounds of taxpayer's money is being spent employing solicitors and barristers who are incompetent.
  In a letter the procurator fiscal raised no objection to this, but in court the Crown argued, and the sheriff accepted, that the motion was incompetent.
  If that proves to be the case, input from psychologists will become even more important in determining how the law treats defendants deemed incompetent to stand trial.
  There was the first, the default that you are complaining of; then there was the section of the Evidence Act; and then there was incompetent advocacy.
2. 1.2Medicine (especially of a valve or sphincter) not able to perform its function.
  〔医〕（尤指瓣膜或括约肌）无机能的
  Example sentencesExamples
  Valves maybe incompetent due to lower leg trauma, deep vein thrombosis, or congenital anomalies.
  In the 1940s, incompetent perforator veins were recognized as significant contributors to venous ulcers.
  When a valve is incompetent, the heart has to work harder to pump the required amount of blood around the body.
  Occurs when incompetent valves cause blood to pool in the legs.
  Barium contrast studies and colonoscopy may show ulcers, strictures, a deformed cecum, incompetent ileocecal valve, or fistulas.

nounɪnˈkɑmpədəntinˈkämpədənt

An incompetent person.
无能力者，不胜任者
Example sentencesExamples
- With his cultured right foot, he dominates the midfield, his integrity and swift moral purpose shading everyone else into the second-rate incompetents they probably know deep down that they are.
- But exemplary and dedicated teachers surrounded by incompetents will soon grow demoralized, and effective teachers will shun under-performing schools.
- At best they have been portrayed as bungling incompetents.
- After reading an article in a daily newspaper this week I am left to conclude that our elected leaders are a bunch of fools, incompetents and idiots (take your pick as to who falls into which category).
- History is littered with despots and psychopaths, murderous dullards, evil geniuses, deadly incompetents, calamitous brutes of all descriptions.
Synonyms
bungler, blunderer, incompetent, oaf, dunce, dolt, dunderhead, fool, idiot, booby, stupid person, moron, cretin, imbecile

Origin

Late 16th century (in the sense ‘not legally competent’): from French, or from late Latin incompetent-, from in- ‘not’ + Latin competent- ‘being fit or proper’ (see competent).

单词	incompetent
释义	Definition of incompetent in English: incompetent adjective ɪnˈkɒmpɪt(ə)ntɪnˈkɑmpədənt 1mass noun Not having or showing the necessary skills to do something successfully. 不胜任的 a forgetful and utterly incompetent assistant 一个健忘的、完全不称职的助理。 Example sentencesExamples With the ball in hand they were ambitious and expansive. And clumsy, incompetent and inadequate. Quarrels over succession, corrupt and incompetent administration, and revolts accelerated disintegration. But to go back to work; suddenly, I AM that useless incompetent know-nothing manager whose presence in a position of authority bewilders everyone. But yesterday Mr Roberts admitted unprofessional and incompetent conduct. I may have said there are people here who are incompetent and unprofessional. This crew appears to be so power-hungry, and so incompetent in carrying out their radical programs, that only disaster will result if they gain a second term. Bullies latch on to any kind of weakness - but that doesn't mean the person being bullied is incompetent or incapable. In a large number of life's most basic practical skills, I am quite staggeringly, hopelessly incompetent. With close on 360000 inexperienced and incompetent drivers in circulation, is it any wonder that the accident rate is so alarming? Consequently he was incompetent, cognitively incapable of envisioning change and probably dangerous. Not necessarily incompetent, they are opportunists who seize the chance to make lots of money for doing relatively little work. These apologies can be interpreted as excuses for people being incompetent, unqualified, dumb, disorganised, and unreliable. I am simply too incompetent, too inexperienced and too unfit to be let anywhere near anything you can fall off. She would even settle for her incompetent assistants at this point. On the grounds of weeding out incompetent and unqualified staff, every teacher in the city was dismissed by the municipal authorities and ordered to reapply for their positions. The point is not to say that planners are necessary corrupt or incompetent; but simply that they cannot fail to see things from the point of view of how they, personally, may be affected by their own decisions. They were severely lambasted for being so inept and so incompetent. The problem is that we have had a succession of absolutely incompetent Ministers of Correction. The system was supposed to have been finished a week ago… yet, as always, her incompetent assistants had let her down. After that date firms would have to prove beyond doubt that older workers were incompetent or incapable of doing their jobs if they wanted to pension them off. Synonyms inept, unskilful, unskilled, inexpert, amateurish, unprofessional, lacking ability, bungling, blundering, clumsy, unproficient, inadequate, substandard, inferior, ineffective, deficient, inefficient, ineffectual, no good, not good enough, wanting, lacking, leaving much to be desired incapable, unfitted, unfit, unsuitable, unqualified informal useless, pathetic, cack-handed, ham-fisted, not up to it, a dead loss, not up to scratch, not up to snuff British informal unable to do something for toffee, unable to do something to save one's life, not much cop vulgar slang half-arsed, not know one's arse from one's elbow, couldn't organize a piss-up in a brewery 1.1Law Not qualified to act in a particular capacity. 〔律〕无资格的 the patient is deemed legally incompetent 这位病人被认为法律上不具资格。 Example sentencesExamples In a letter the procurator fiscal raised no objection to this, but in court the Crown argued, and the sheriff accepted, that the motion was incompetent. If that proves to be the case, input from psychologists will become even more important in determining how the law treats defendants deemed incompetent to stand trial. I am horrified that thousands of pounds of taxpayer's money is being spent employing solicitors and barristers who are incompetent. The head of state must be a Muslim, and non-Muslims are incompetent to testify against Muslims. There was the first, the default that you are complaining of; then there was the section of the Evidence Act; and then there was incompetent advocacy. 1.2Medicine (especially of a valve or sphincter) not able to perform its function. 〔医〕（尤指瓣膜或括约肌）无机能的 Example sentencesExamples Valves maybe incompetent due to lower leg trauma, deep vein thrombosis, or congenital anomalies. Barium contrast studies and colonoscopy may show ulcers, strictures, a deformed cecum, incompetent ileocecal valve, or fistulas. Occurs when incompetent valves cause blood to pool in the legs. In the 1940s, incompetent perforator veins were recognized as significant contributors to venous ulcers. When a valve is incompetent, the heart has to work harder to pump the required amount of blood around the body. noun ɪnˈkɒmpɪt(ə)ntɪnˈkɑmpədənt An incompetent person. 无能力者，不胜任者 the tanker captain was a known incompetent Example sentencesExamples But exemplary and dedicated teachers surrounded by incompetents will soon grow demoralized, and effective teachers will shun under-performing schools. At best they have been portrayed as bungling incompetents. History is littered with despots and psychopaths, murderous dullards, evil geniuses, deadly incompetents, calamitous brutes of all descriptions. After reading an article in a daily newspaper this week I am left to conclude that our elected leaders are a bunch of fools, incompetents and idiots (take your pick as to who falls into which category). With his cultured right foot, he dominates the midfield, his integrity and swift moral purpose shading everyone else into the second-rate incompetents they probably know deep down that they are. Synonyms bungler, blunderer, incompetent, oaf, dunce, dolt, dunderhead, fool, idiot, booby, stupid person, moron, cretin, imbecile Derivatives incompetently adverb ɪnˈkɒmpɪt(ə)ntliɪnˈkɑmpəd(ə)ntli People said it was a waste of money, that it was too extravagant for its own good, and that the construction project was incompetently managed. Example sentencesExamples The money would be better spent on treating women rather than regulating a single aspect of medicine so incompetently. His immediate superior divided his time between hitting on female staff and incompetently and arbitrarily changing working arrangements. Somehow we would plod through the day, dodging verbal missiles and accomplishing our missions albeit incompetently, until the doorbell rang for the first time. A movie may be incompetently acted and amateurishly shot. Origin Late 16th century (in the sense 'not legally competent'): from French, or from late Latin incompetent-, from in- 'not' + Latin competent- 'being fit or proper' (see competent). Definition of incompetent in US English: incompetent adjectiveɪnˈkɑmpədəntinˈkämpədənt 1Not having or showing the necessary skills to do something successfully. 不胜任的 a forgetful and utterly incompetent assistant 一个健忘的、完全不称职的助理。 Example sentencesExamples She would even settle for her incompetent assistants at this point. After that date firms would have to prove beyond doubt that older workers were incompetent or incapable of doing their jobs if they wanted to pension them off. They were severely lambasted for being so inept and so incompetent. On the grounds of weeding out incompetent and unqualified staff, every teacher in the city was dismissed by the municipal authorities and ordered to reapply for their positions. I am simply too incompetent, too inexperienced and too unfit to be let anywhere near anything you can fall off. The point is not to say that planners are necessary corrupt or incompetent; but simply that they cannot fail to see things from the point of view of how they, personally, may be affected by their own decisions. Bullies latch on to any kind of weakness - but that doesn't mean the person being bullied is incompetent or incapable. Quarrels over succession, corrupt and incompetent administration, and revolts accelerated disintegration. But yesterday Mr Roberts admitted unprofessional and incompetent conduct. Consequently he was incompetent, cognitively incapable of envisioning change and probably dangerous. The system was supposed to have been finished a week ago… yet, as always, her incompetent assistants had let her down. In a large number of life's most basic practical skills, I am quite staggeringly, hopelessly incompetent. This crew appears to be so power-hungry, and so incompetent in carrying out their radical programs, that only disaster will result if they gain a second term. These apologies can be interpreted as excuses for people being incompetent, unqualified, dumb, disorganised, and unreliable. With close on 360000 inexperienced and incompetent drivers in circulation, is it any wonder that the accident rate is so alarming? But to go back to work; suddenly, I AM that useless incompetent know-nothing manager whose presence in a position of authority bewilders everyone. I may have said there are people here who are incompetent and unprofessional. The problem is that we have had a succession of absolutely incompetent Ministers of Correction. Not necessarily incompetent, they are opportunists who seize the chance to make lots of money for doing relatively little work. With the ball in hand they were ambitious and expansive. And clumsy, incompetent and inadequate. Synonyms inept, unskilful, unskilled, inexpert, amateurish, unprofessional, lacking ability, bungling, blundering, clumsy, unproficient, inadequate, substandard, inferior, ineffective, deficient, inefficient, ineffectual, no good, not good enough, wanting, lacking, leaving much to be desired 1.1Law Not qualified to act in a particular capacity. 〔律〕无资格的 the patient is deemed legally incompetent 这位病人被认为法律上不具资格。 Example sentencesExamples The head of state must be a Muslim, and non-Muslims are incompetent to testify against Muslims. I am horrified that thousands of pounds of taxpayer's money is being spent employing solicitors and barristers who are incompetent. In a letter the procurator fiscal raised no objection to this, but in court the Crown argued, and the sheriff accepted, that the motion was incompetent. If that proves to be the case, input from psychologists will become even more important in determining how the law treats defendants deemed incompetent to stand trial. There was the first, the default that you are complaining of; then there was the section of the Evidence Act; and then there was incompetent advocacy. 1.2Medicine (especially of a valve or sphincter) not able to perform its function. 〔医〕（尤指瓣膜或括约肌）无机能的 Example sentencesExamples Valves maybe incompetent due to lower leg trauma, deep vein thrombosis, or congenital anomalies. In the 1940s, incompetent perforator veins were recognized as significant contributors to venous ulcers. When a valve is incompetent, the heart has to work harder to pump the required amount of blood around the body. Occurs when incompetent valves cause blood to pool in the legs. Barium contrast studies and colonoscopy may show ulcers, strictures, a deformed cecum, incompetent ileocecal valve, or fistulas. nounɪnˈkɑmpədəntinˈkämpədənt An incompetent person. 无能力者，不胜任者 Example sentencesExamples With his cultured right foot, he dominates the midfield, his integrity and swift moral purpose shading everyone else into the second-rate incompetents they probably know deep down that they are. But exemplary and dedicated teachers surrounded by incompetents will soon grow demoralized, and effective teachers will shun under-performing schools. At best they have been portrayed as bungling incompetents. After reading an article in a daily newspaper this week I am left to conclude that our elected leaders are a bunch of fools, incompetents and idiots (take your pick as to who falls into which category). History is littered with despots and psychopaths, murderous dullards, evil geniuses, deadly incompetents, calamitous brutes of all descriptions. Synonyms bungler, blunderer, incompetent, oaf, dunce, dolt, dunderhead, fool, idiot, booby, stupid person, moron, cretin, imbecile Origin Late 16th century (in the sense ‘not legally competent’): from French, or from late Latin incompetent-, from in- ‘not’ + Latin competent- ‘being fit or proper’ (see competent).
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