adjective
- lacking the necessary ability, knowledge, or skill to do something successfully
- not legally qualified or able to act in a particular capacity
Usage: legal
noun
- a person who lacks the necessary ability or skill
Examples
- The incompetent manager made several costly mistakes.
- She felt incompetent at using the new software.
- The court declared him mentally incompetent to stand trial.
- An incompetent witness cannot testify in court.
- Don’t hire that incompetent for such an important job.
- The project failed due to incompetent leadership.
- He was fired for being incompetent at his duties.