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Incompetent

noun
Word Frequency: 2.7

Definitions

1.nounA person who is incompetent.
2.adjectiveUnskilled; lacking the degree of ability that would normally be expected.
"Having an incompetent lawyer may be grounds for a retrial, but the lawyer in question probably doesn't know that."
3.adjectiveUnable to make rational decisions, insane or otherwise cognitively impaired.
"The charged was judged incompetent to stand trial, at least until his medication started working."
4.adjectiveOf the cervix: opening too early in pregnancy, provoking the baby to be born.
5.adjectiveNot resistant to deformation or flow.

Synonyms

ineptinadequateinefficientineffectiveunskilledfecklessbadunqualifiedincapableunworkmanlikeclumsybungling

Rhymes With

competent
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