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incompetent (s) (noun), incompetents (pl)
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incompetent (adjective), more incompetent, most incompetent
1. Descriptive of not being qualified in legal terms: "As a defendant, he was incompetent to stand trial."
2. Lacking the skills, qualities, or ability to do something properly.
3. Devoid of those qualities which are necessary for an effective conduct or action.
4. Etymology: "insufficient", from French incompetent, from Late Latin incompetentem; from in-, "not" + Latin competentem, competere, "to coincide, to agree"; from com-, "together" + petere, "to strive, to seek, to fall upon, to rush at, to attack".
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