incompetent
See also: incompétent
English
Etymology
From French incompétent, from Late Latin incompetentem, from Latin incompetēns.
Pronunciation
Audio (Southern England) (file)
Adjective
incompetent (comparative more incompetent, superlative most incompetent)
- Unskilled; lacking the degree of ability and responsibility that would normally be expected.
- Synonym: inept
- Having an incompetent lawyer may be grounds for a retrial, but the lawyer in question probably doesn't know that.
- Unable to make rational decisions; insane or otherwise cognitively impaired.
- The charged was judged incompetent to stand trial, at least until his medication started working.
- (medicine, of the cervix) Opening too early during pregnancy, resulting in miscarriage or premature birth.
- (geology) Not resistant to deformation or flow.
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:bad
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
unskilled, lacking normally expected degree of ability
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unable to make rational decisions, insane or otherwise cognitively impaired
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Catalan
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin incompetentem. First attested in 1696.[1]
Adjective
incompetent m or f (masculine and feminine plural incompetents)
- incompetent
- Antonym: competent
Related terms
References
- “incompetent”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
Further reading
- “incompetent” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “incompetent” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “incompetent” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Dutch
Etymology
Likely borrowed, ultimately from Latin incompetēns. Equivalent to in- + competent.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌɪŋ.kɔm.pəˈtɛnt/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: in‧com‧pe‧tent
- Rhymes: -ɛnt
Inflection
| Inflection of incompetent | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| uninflected | incompetent | |||
| inflected | incompetente | |||
| comparative | incompetenter | |||
| positive | comparative | superlative | ||
| predicative/adverbial | incompetent | incompetenter | het incompetentst het incompetentste | |
| indefinite | m./f. sing. | incompetente | incompetentere | incompetentste |
| n. sing. | incompetent | incompetenter | incompetentste | |
| plural | incompetente | incompetentere | incompetentste | |
| definite | incompetente | incompetentere | incompetentste | |
| partitive | incompetents | incompetenters | — | |
Related terms
- incompetentie
Occitan
Etymology
From Latin incompetēns.
Adjective
incompetent m (feminine singular incompetenta, masculine plural incompetents, feminine plural incompetentas)
- incompetent
- Antonym: competent
Related terms
- incompeténcia
Further reading
- Joan de Cantalausa (2006) Diccionari general occitan a partir dels parlars lengadocians, 2 edition, →ISBN, page 560.
- Diccionari General de la Lenga Occitana, L’Academia occitana – Consistòri del Gai Saber, 2008-2024, page 339.
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from French incompétent. Equivalent to in- + competent.
Adjective
incompetent m or n (feminine singular incompetentă, masculine plural incompetenți, feminine and neuter plural incompetente)
Declension
Declension of incompetent
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | ||
| nominative/ accusative | indefinite | incompetent | incompetentă | incompetenți | incompetente | ||
| definite | incompetentul | incompetenta | incompetenții | incompetentele | |||
| genitive/ dative | indefinite | incompetent | incompetente | incompetenți | incompetente | ||
| definite | incompetentului | incompetentei | incompetenților | incompetentelor | |||
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