| 单词 | incompetent |
| 释义 | incompetent (once / 1170 pages) adjn If you are incompetent, you are not able to complete a task, like if you only ever made peanut butter and jelly sandwiches — you would be incompetent in the kitchen of a fancy French restaurant. Someone who is not very good at getting a job done is incompetent. An incompetent salesperson can't sell anything. A learned professor may be quite incompetent when it comes to controlling a room full of rowdy pre-schoolers. Legally speaking, you can be declared incompetent if you do not have necessary qualifications, like being certified or licensed to do a certain job, like cut hair or fix cars. WORD FAMILYincompetent: incompetence, incompetency, incompetently, incompetents+/competence: competences/competency: competencies/competent: competence, competency, competenter, competently, incompetent/incompetence: incompetences/incompetency: incompetencies USAGE EXAMPLESOn Twitter, Douthat wrote, “I’d rather risk defeat at my enemies’ hands than turn my own cause over to a incompetent tyrant.” The New Yorker(Jan 01, 2017) Then Matthews, uncharacteristically, falls silent, because full attention must be paid to Firth and his adorably incompetent proposal. Washington Post(Dec 21, 2016) In June a judge declared Betwell was incompetent and ordered him to undergo treatment. Washington Times(Dec 20, 2016) 1adj not qualified or suited for a purpose an incompetent secret service the filming was hopeless incompetent Syn|Ant feckless, inept generally incompetent and ineffectual ineffective, inefficientlacking the ability or skill to perform effectively; inadequate unworkmanlikenot characteristic of or suitable for a good workman inefficientnot producing desired results; wasteful unqualifiednot meeting the proper standards and requirements and training unskillednot having or showing or requiring special skill or proficiency competent properly or sufficiently qualified or capable or efficient capable(usually followed by `of') having capacity or ability able, capablehave the skills and qualifications to do things well effective, efficientable to accomplish a purpose; functioning effectively workmanlikeworthy of a good workman efficientbeing effective without wasting time or effort or expense qualifiedmeeting the proper standards and requirements and training for an office or position or task skilledhaving or showing or requiring special skill 2adj not meeting requirements Syn incapable, unequal to inadequate, unequal lacking the requisite qualities or resources to meet a task 3adj legally not qualified or sufficient incompetent witnesses Syn|Ant unqualified competent legally qualified or sufficient 4adj showing lack of skill or aptitude Syn bungling, clumsy, fumbling unskilled not having or showing or requiring special skill or proficiency 5adj not doing a good job incompetent at chess Syn unskilled bad having undesirable or negative qualities 6n someone who is not competent to take effective action Syn|Hypo|Hyper incompetent person blunderer, botcher, bumbler, bungler, butcher, fumbler, sad sack, stumbler someone who makes mistakes because of incompetence slouchan incompetent person; usually used in negative constructions unskilled person a person who lacks technical training |
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