Incompetent

Noun CEFR C1 Standard

ɪnˈkɒmpətənt

Definitions

A person who is incompetent.

Equivalents

Españolincompetente

Françaisincompétent

Deutschinkompetent unfähig

25 more languages

العربيةالعاجز

Azərbaycan dilisəriştəsiz

Българскиневменяем некомпетентен неспособеннеумел

বাংলাবেওয়াকেফ

Bosanskimudonja

Catalàincompetent

Ελληνικάαναρμόδιος

Esperantonekompetenta

Suomiepäpätevä kykenemätön kyvytönpystymätön taitamaton vajaavaltainen

हिन्दीनालायक

Hrvatskimudonja

Հայերենանձեռնհաս անմեղսունակ

Italianoincompetente

日本語できない無能な

ქართულიარაკომპეტენტური უუნარო

한국어돌

Nederlandsincompetent

Polskiciamajda ciapa niedołężnieniekompetentny

Portuguêsincompetente

Русскийневменя́емый некомпете́нтный

Српскиmudonja

ไทยไม่เอาไหน ไม่ได้เรื่อง

Türkçebeceriksiz yeteneksiz

Українськанекомпетентний

Examples

“But besides these incompetents, there was always a train ⟳ of camp followers, —women who followed the camp, beggars, and criminals, whose number ⟳ was often greater than the number ⟳ of fighting soldiers.”

“"Lies!" said the tallest of the sons of Ivaldi. "I wouldn't trust ⟳ those fumble-fingered incompetents to shoe a horse."”

CEFR level

C1

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This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.

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See also

Incompetently incompetentness Incompetents incompleatness incompletability incompletableness

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