incompetent

1. a. Not competent; wanting in adequate strength, power, capacity, means, qualifications, or the like; incapable; unable; inadequate; unfit. Source: opted

2. a. 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. Source: opted

3. a. Not lying within one's competency, capacity, or authorized power; not permissible. Source: opted

4. adj. legally not qualified or sufficient Source: wordnet

5. adj. not qualified or suited for a purpose Source: wordnet

6. adj. showing lack of skill or aptitude Source: wordnet

7. adj. not doing a good job Source: wordnet

8. adj. not meeting requirements Source: wordnet

9. n. someone who is not competent to take effective action Source: wordnet

10. 1. Not competent; wanting in adequate strength, power, capacity, means, qualifications, or the like; incapable; unable; inadequate; unfit. Incompetent to perform the duties of the place. Macaulay. 2. (Law) 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. Richard III. had a resolution, out of hatred to his brethren, to disable their issues, upon false and incompetent pretexts, the one of attainder, the other of illegitimation. Bacon. 3. Not lying within one's competency, capacity, or authorized power; not permissible. Syn. -- Incapable; unable; inadequate; insufficient; inefficient; disqualified; unfit; improper. -- Incompetent, Incapable. Incompetent is a relative term, denoting a want of the requisite qualifications for performing a given act, service, etc.; incapable is absolute in its meaning, denoting want of power, either natural or moral. We speak of a man as incompetent to a certain task, of an incompetent judge, etc. We say of an idiot that he is incapable of learning to read; and of a man distinguished for his honor, that he is incapable of a mean action. Source: webster

11. Wanting the legal or constitutional qualifications;inadmissible; as, a person professedly wanting in religious belief isan incompetent witness in a court of law or equity; incompetentevidence.Richard III. had a resolution, out of hatred to his brethren, todisable their issues, upon false and incompetent pretexts, the one ofattainder, the other of illegitimation. Bacon. Source: adambom

12. j:96/n:4 n. someone who is not competent to take effective action a. legally not qualified or sufficient a. not qualified or suited for a purpose s. not doing a good job Source: ecdict

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