incompetent

adjective

/ɪnˈkɒmpɪtənt/

/ɪnˈkɑːmpɪtənt/

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not having the skill or ability to do your job or a task as it should be done
- an incompetent teacher
- his incompetent handling of the affair
- The prime minister was attacked as incompetent to lead.
opposite competent
Extra Examples
- I know my boss considers me incompetent.
- a grossly incompetent piece of reporting
- She worked for years under an incompetent manager.
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
verbs
- appear
- be
- consider somebody/something
- …
adverb
- criminally
- grossly
- hopelessly
- …
preposition
- at
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Word Originlate 16th cent. (in the sense ‘not legally competent’): from French, or from late Latin incompetent-, from in- ‘not’ + Latin competent- ‘being fit or proper’, from the verb competere in its earlier sense ‘be fit or proper’, from com- ‘together’ + petere ‘aim at, seek’.

incompetent

noun

/ɪnˈkɒmpɪtənt/

/ɪnˈkɑːmpɪtənt/

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a person who does not have the skill or ability to do their job or a task as it should be done
- He’s a hopeless incompetent.
- The whole thing is being led by a bunch of incompetents.
Word Originlate 16th cent. (in the sense ‘not legally competent’): from French, or from late Latin incompetent-, from in- ‘not’ + Latin competent- ‘being fit or proper’, from the verb competere in its earlier sense ‘be fit or proper’, from com- ‘together’ + petere ‘aim at, seek’.

单词	incompetent
释义	incompetent adjective /ɪnˈkɒmpɪtənt/ /ɪnˈkɑːmpɪtənt/ jump to other results not having the skill or ability to do your job or a task as it should be done an incompetent teacher his incompetent handling of the affair The prime minister was attacked as incompetent to lead. opposite competent Extra Examples I know my boss considers me incompetent. a grossly incompetent piece of reporting She worked for years under an incompetent manager. Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs appear be consider somebody/something … adverb criminally grossly hopelessly … preposition at See full entry Word Originlate 16th cent. (in the sense ‘not legally competent’): from French, or from late Latin incompetent-, from in- ‘not’ + Latin competent- ‘being fit or proper’, from the verb competere in its earlier sense ‘be fit or proper’, from com- ‘together’ + petere ‘aim at, seek’. incompetent noun /ɪnˈkɒmpɪtənt/ /ɪnˈkɑːmpɪtənt/ jump to other results a person who does not have the skill or ability to do their job or a task as it should be done He’s a hopeless incompetent. The whole thing is being led by a bunch of incompetents. Word Originlate 16th cent. (in the sense ‘not legally competent’): from French, or from late Latin incompetent-, from in- ‘not’ + Latin competent- ‘being fit or proper’, from the verb competere in its earlier sense ‘be fit or proper’, from com- ‘together’ + petere ‘aim at, seek’.
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