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Từ điển Oxford Learners Wordfinder Dictionary
incompetent
someone who is not competent to take effective action (Freq. 2)
• Syn:
incompetent person
• Hypernyms:
unskilled person
• Hyponyms:
bungler, blunderer, fumbler, bumbler, stumbler,
sad sack, botcher, butcher, fuckup, slouch
1. legally not qualified or sufficient
- a wife is usually considered unqualified to testify against her husband
- incompetent witnesses
• Syn:
unqualified
• Ant:
competent
• Topics:
law, jurisprudence
2. not qualified or suited for a purpose
- an incompetent secret service
- the filming was hopeless incompetent
• Ant:
competent
• Similar to:
feckless, inept, ineffective, inefficient, unworkmanlike
• See Also:
inefficient, unqualified, unskilled
• Derivationally related forms:
incompetency, incompetence
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
• Similar to:
unskilled
• Derivationally related forms:
incompetency, incompetence, clumsiness (for: clumsy)
4. not meeting requirements
- unequal to the demands put upon him
• Syn:
incapable, unequal to
• Similar to:
inadequate, unequal
• Derivationally related forms:
incompetence, incapability (for: incapable)
5. not doing a good job
- incompetent at chess
• Syn:
unskilled
• Similar to:
bad
• Derivationally related forms:
incompetency, incompetence
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