Found 3 items, similar to incompetent.
English → Indonesian (quick) Definition: incompetent daif, konyol, orang yang kurang cakap
English → English (WordNet) Definition: incompetent incompetent n : someone who is not competent to take effective action [syn: incompetent person] incompetent adj 1: not qualified or suited for a purpose; “an incompetent secret service”; “the filming was hopeless incompetent” [ant: competent] 2: 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] 3: not doing a good job; “incompetent at chess” [syn: unskilled] 4: not meeting requirements; “unequal to the demands put upon him” [syn: incapable, unequal to(p)]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Incompetent Incompetent \In*com"pe*tent\, a. [L. incompetens: cf. F. incomp['e]tent. See In- not, and Competent.] [1913 Webster] 1. Not competent; wanting in adequate strength, power, capacity, means, qualifications, or the like; incapable; unable; inadequate; unfit. [1913 Webster] Incompetent to perform the duties of the place. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster] 2. (Law) 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. [1913 Webster +PJC] Richard III. had a resolution, out of hatred to his brethren, to disable their issues, upon false and incompetent pretexts, the one of attainder, the other of illegitimation. --Bacon. [1913 Webster] 3. Not lying within one's competency, capacity, or authorized power; not permissible. Syn: Incapable; unable; inadequate; insufficient; inefficient; disqualified; unfit; improper. Usage: Incompetent, Incapable. Incompetent is a relative term, denoting a lack of the requisite qualifications for performing a given act, service, etc.; incapable is absolute in its meaning, denoting lack of power, either natural or moral. We speak of a man as incompetent to a certain task, of an incompetent judge, etc. We say of an idiot that he is incapable of learning to read; and of a man distinguished for his honor, that he is incapable of a mean action. [1913 Webster]