The meaning of INCOMPETENT is lacking the qualities needed for effective action : lacking necessary ability or skills. How to use incompetent in a sentence.

INCOMPETENT definition: not competent; lacking qualification or ability; incapable. See examples of incompetent used in a sentence.

They are incompetent, from extreme ignorance or vicious habits, to the performance of the most ordinary duties of social life.

Inadequate for or unsuited to a particular purpose or application: "Because so many diseases fluctuate randomly over time, patients sometimes spontaneously improve despite incompetent treatment" …

If you describe someone as incompetent, you are criticizing them because they are unable to do their job or a task properly.

Definition of incompetent adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

5 days ago · Adjective incompetent (comparative more incompetent, superlative most incompetent) Lacking the degree of ability and responsibility necessary to do a task successfully.

INCOMPETENT meaning: 1 : not competent: such as; 2 : lacking necessary ability or skills

Someone who is not very good at getting a job done is incompetent. An incompetent salesperson can't sell anything. A learned professor may be quite incompetent when it comes to controlling a room full …

Synonyms for INCOMPETENT: unfit, unfitted, incapable, inexperienced, unable, unskilled, inept, unqualified; Antonyms of INCOMPETENT: competent, capable, skilled, able, skillful, qualified, …