Dictionary Entry
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.
11 letters · Scrabble 17 · Words With Friends 22 · 9 senses
Definitions
- 1adjective
Not competent; wanting in adequate strength, power, capacity, means, qualifications, or the like; incapable; unable; inadequate; unfit.
- 2adjective
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.
- 3adjective
Not lying within one's competency, capacity, or authorized power; not permissible.
- 4noun
someone who is not competent to take effective action
- 5adjective
not meeting requirements
"unequal to the demands put upon him"
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- 6adjective
not qualified or suited for a purpose
"an incompetent secret service"
"the filming was hopeless incompetent"
- 7adjective
legally not qualified or sufficient
"a wife is usually considered unqualified to testify against her husband"
"incompetent witnesses"
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- 8adjective
not doing a good job
"incompetent at chess"
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- 9adjective
showing lack of skill or aptitude
"a bungling workman"
"did a clumsy job"
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