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Meaning of incompetent

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  incompetent
      adj 1: legally not qualified or sufficient; "a wife is usually
             considered unqualified to testify against her husband";
             "incompetent witnesses" [syn: {incompetent},
             {unqualified}] [ant: {competent}]
      2: not qualified or suited for a purpose; "an incompetent secret
         service"; "the filming was hopeless incompetent" [ant:
         {competent}]
      3: showing lack of skill or aptitude; "a bungling workman"; "did
         a clumsy job"; "his fumbling attempt to put up a shelf" [syn:
         {bungling}, {clumsy}, {fumbling}, {incompetent}]
      4: not doing a good job; "incompetent at chess" [syn:
         {incompetent}, {unskilled}]
      5: not meeting requirements; "unequal to the demands put upon
         him" [syn: {incapable}, {incompetent}, {unequal to(p)}]
      n 1: someone who is not competent to take effective action [syn:
           {incompetent}, {incompetent person}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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