incompetent

Word family

BAD ATnot having the ability or skill to do a job properly 不称职的，不胜任的 OPP competent

an incompetent manager

不称职的经理

weak incompetent leadership

软弱不称职的领导

—incompetent noun [countableC]

—incompetently adverbadv

Examples from the Corpus

incompetent• The parents claimed the administration and the teachers were incompetent.• Some drivers are just plain incompetent.• This government is totally incompetent.• I was afraid my boss would discover that I was completely incompetent and justly fire me.• Other hazards lurk around every corner like people jumping from bridges, swimming in dangerous areas, and incompetent boat handlers.• A Limba teacher is too often believed incompetent by his Susu or Koranko students until he proves otherwise.• Legislators are planning a new bill that will protect patients from incompetent doctors.• It made her feel she had been incompetent in handling her affairs, and she didn't like that.• But the union representing librarians countered that the culprits were incompetent management and expensive technology.• Incompetent teachers should be fired.• Mr Major was being attacked by Labour as innately incompetent to lead.• Price was found mentally incompetent to stand trial.

From Longman Business Dictionary

incompetentin·com·pe·tent /ɪnˈkɒmpətənt-ˈkɑːm-/ adjectiveadj

not having the skill or ability to do a job properly

Those who are conspicuously incompetent get the sack.

—incompetence noun [uncountableU]

He was accused of medical incompetence.

—incompetently adverbadv

If lawyers perform incompetently, clients are entitled to a refund.

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