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incompetent — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • bungling adj Incompetent or clumsy in carrying out a task.
  • incompetent adj Lacking the skill or ability needed to do a job properly.

Senses

incompetent is used for these senses in English:

  • bungling An act of incompetence or ineptitude.
  • incompetent Lacking the degree of ability and responsibility necessary to do a task successfully.

bungling — full definition

  1. adj Incompetent or clumsy in carrying out a task.
  2. noun The act of doing something incompetently.

incompetent — full definition

  1. adj Lacking the skill or ability needed to do a job properly.
  2. adj (law) Not legally or mentally capable of making sound decisions.
  3. noun A person who lacks the ability to do something properly.

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