1. Not qualified or suited for a purpose
   "an incompetent secret service"; "the filming was hopelessly incompetent"
    
2. Showing lack of skill or aptitude
   "The incompetent repair made the problem worse";
   - bungling, clumsy, fumbling
    
3. Not doing a good job
   "incompetent at chess";
   - unskilled
    
4. Not meeting requirements
   "The worker was deemed incompetent after repeated mistakes";
   - incapable, unequal to
    
5. (law) legally not qualified or sufficient
   "incompetent witnesses";
   - unqualified

1. Someone who is not competent to take effective action
   "The court appointed a guardian to manage the financial affairs of the incompetent";
   - incompetent person

Derived forms: incompetents

See also: bad, feckless, inadequate, ineffective, inefficient, inept, unequal, unqualified, unskilled, unworkmanlike

Type of: unskilled person

Antonym: competent

Encyclopedia: Incompetent