Incompetent vs. Incompetence

Incompetentadjective

Unskilled; lacking the degree of ability that would normally be expected.

Incompetentadjective

Unable to make rational decisions, insane or otherwise cognitively impaired.

Incompetentadjective

(medical) Of the cervix: opening too early in pregnancy, provoking the baby to be born.

Incompetentnoun

A person who is incompetent.

Incompetentadjective

Not competent; wanting in adequate strength, power, capacity, means, qualifications, or the like; incapable; unable; inadequate; unfit.

Incompetentadjective

Wanting the legal or constitutional qualifications; inadmissible; as, a person professedly wanting in religious belief is an incompetent witness in a court of law or equity; incompetent evidence; a mentally defective person is incompetent to care for himself and requires a legal guardian.

Incompetentadjective

Not lying within one's competency, capacity, or authorized power; not permissible.

Incompetentnoun

someone who is not competent to take effective action

Incompetentadjective

not qualified or suited for a purpose;

Incompetentadjective

showing lack of skill or aptitude;

Incompetentadjective

not doing a good job;

Incompetentadjective

not meeting requirements;

Incompetencenoun

Inability to perform; lack of competence; ineptitude.

Incompetencenoun

The quality or state of being incompetent; lack of physical, intellectual, or moral ability; lack of qualifications or training (for a particular task); insufficiency; inadequacy; as, the incompetency of a child for hard labor, or of an idiot for intellectual efforts.

Incompetencenoun

Lack of competency or legal fitness; incapacity; disqualification, as of a person to be heard as a witness, or to act as a juror, or of a judge to try a cause.

Incompetencenoun

lack of physical or intellectual ability or qualifications

Incompetencenoun

inability of a part or organ to function properly