incompetent

名词 n. 形容词 adj.
/ɪnˈkɒmpətənt/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A person who is incompetent.
    — 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.
形容词 adj.
  1. Lacking the degree of ability and responsibility necessary to do a task successfully.
    — Near-synonyms: incapable, inable, unable
  2. Unable to make rational decisions; insane or otherwise cognitively impaired.
    — The charged was judged incompetent to stand trial, at least until his medication started working.
  3. Opening too early during pregnancy, resulting in miscarriage or premature birth.
    — Near-synonyms: dysfunctional, nonfunctioning
  4. Not resistant to deformation or flow.

词形变化

more incompetent comparative most incompetent superlative incompetents plural

词源

词源 1
Borrowed from French incompétent, from Late Latin incompetentem, from Latin incompetēns, equivalent to in- + competent.
词源 2
Borrowed from French incompétent, from Late Latin incompetentem, from Latin incompetēns, equivalent to in- + competent.
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