incompetent
incompetent is a 11-letter English word with 9 senses as adjective and noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Not competent; wanting in adequate strength, power, capacity, means, qualifications, or the like; incapable; unable; inadequate; unfit. Face value is 17 in Scrabble and 22 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
Definitions
- adjective. Not competent; wanting in adequate strength, power, capacity, means, qualifications, or the like; incapable; unable; inadequate; unfit.
- adjective. Wanting the legal or constitutional qualifications; inadmissible; as, a person professedly wanting in religious belief is an incompetent witness in a court of law or equity; incompetent evidence.
- adjective. Not lying within one's competency, capacity, or authorized power; not permissible.
- noun. someone who is not competent to take effective action
- adjective. not meeting requirements
"unequal to the demands put upon him"
- adjective. not qualified or suited for a purpose
"an incompetent secret service"
"the filming was hopeless incompetent"
- adjective. legally not qualified or sufficient
"a wife is usually considered unqualified to testify against her husband"
"incompetent witnesses"
- adjective. not doing a good job
"incompetent at chess"
- adjective. showing lack of skill or aptitude
"a bungling workman"
"did a clumsy job"
Synonyms
incapable, unqualified, unskilled, bungling, clumsy, fumbling
Common word forms
incompetents, incompetently, incompetentness
Words from these letters
If you are holding these tiles, the unscrambler for INCOMPETENT lists every valid word you can make from the same letters, including shorter plays.