† uncompetentadj.
Obsolete.
Incompetent.
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the world > action or operation > ability > inability > [adjective] > unable or incompetent
insufficientc1386
insuffisant1387
unable1395
unsufficient1395
weak1423
uncompetentc1549
short-handed1622
incompetent1641
ineffective1653
nequient1656
inefficient1750
wandought1788
no good1838
non-efficient1863
c1549 E. Bonner in J. Foxe Actes & Monuments (1563) 721/1 Him that is conuented before an vncompetente and suspecte iudge.
1660 R. Allestree Gentlemans Calling 48 All, whose value and wishes of a Mahometan Paradise render them not uncompetent to estimate these purer and refined pleasures.
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