/ ɪnˈkɒmpɪtənt; NAmE -ˈkɑːm-/ adjective , noun
■ adjective
not having the skill or ability to do your job or a task as it should be done :
an incompetent teacher
his incompetent handling of the affair
The Prime Minister was attacked as incompetent to lead.
OPP competent
► in·com·pe·tent·ly adverb
■ noun
a person who does not have the skill or ability to do their job or a task as it should be done
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WORD ORIGIN
late 16th cent. (in the sense not legally competent ): from French , or from late Latin incompetent- , from in- not + Latin competent- being fit or proper (from the verb competere in its earlier sense be fit or proper, from com- together + petere aim at, seek).