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单词 incompetent
释义
incompetent
adjective
uk
/ɪnˈkɒm.pɪ.tənt/us
/ɪnˈkɑːm.pə.t̬ənt/
not having theabilityto do something as it should be done:
无能力的；不胜任的
an incompetentteacher/doctor不称职的教师／医生
He hasdescribedthegovernmentascorruptand incompetent.他形容政府是腐败无能的。
Synonym
inept
Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples
bad at something
  • bad atI was overweight and bad at sport.
  • hopelessI’m completely hopeless in the kitchen.
  • uselessUKHe’s useless at maths.
  • rubbishUKShe’s a pretty rubbish singer, really.
  • incompetentThe rules have made it hard to remove incompetent teachers.
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SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Inability and awkwardness
  • accident-prone
  • adorkable
  • all thumbsidiom
  • amateurish
  • amateurishly
  • for toffeeidiom
  • fumble
  • functional illiteracy
  • gauche
  • geek
  • jack-of-all-trades, master of noneidiom
  • klutzy
  • like a bull in a china shopidiom
  • lost
  • lubber
  • unable
  • uncoordinated
  • uneducable
  • unenterprising
  • unequal
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incompetently
incompetent
noun[C]
uk
/ɪnˈkɒm.pɪ.tənt/us
/ɪnˈkɑːm.pə.t̬ənt/
someone who does not have theabilityorskillto do something as it should be done:
无能力的人；不胜任的人，不称职的人
The country's beinggovernedby abunchofincompetents.这个国家目前由一群无能之辈统治着。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Inability and awkwardness
  • accident-prone
  • adorkable
  • all thumbsidiom
  • amateurish
  • amateurishly
  • for toffeeidiom
  • fumble
  • functional illiteracy
  • gauche
  • geek
  • jack-of-all-trades, master of noneidiom
  • klutzy
  • like a bull in a china shopidiom
  • lost
  • lubber
  • unable
  • uncoordinated
  • uneducable
  • unenterprising
  • unequal
See more results »
(Definition ofincompetentfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

incompetent| American Dictionary

incompetent
adjective
us
/ɪnˈkɑm·pə·t̬ənt/
lackingtheskillsorknowledgeto do ajoborperformanactioncorrectlyor to asatisfactorystandard:
Cowden was incompetent andincapableofadministeringthedutiesofsecretaryof theassociation.

incompetence

noun[U]us
/ɪnˈkɑm·pət̬·əns/
Localpoliticiansaccusedthefederalgovernmentof incompetence infailingtorespondmorequicklyto theemergency.

incompetent

noun[C]us
/ɪnˈkɑm·pə·t̬ənt/
Thebusinessfailedbecause it wasrunby abunchofincompetents.

incompetently

adverbus
/ɪnˈkɑm·pə·t̬ənt·li/
(Definition ofincompetentfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

incompetent| Business English

incompetent
adjective
uk
/ɪnˈkɒmpɪtənt/us
lackingtheskillsorknowledgeto do ajoborperformanactioncorrectlyor to asatisfactorystandard:
Herperformancewasdeemedgrosslyincompetent, so she wasfired.
utterly/completely/hopelesslyincompetent
Incompetenthandlingof thecontractleftusexposedfor millions inunexpectedinsuranceobligations.

incompetently

adverb
Towinthecase, they have to show that the Bankactedincompetently.
(Definition ofincompetentfrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofincompetent

incompetent
They feel that under this crowd of nincompoops and incompetents we are going from disaster to disaster.
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What is good for markets, competition and customers is bad for crooks and incompetents.
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In the past, there were too many gilded incompetents sitting on boards.
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There is always a slight, weird fringe in charitable activities, with incompetents giving themselves huge meals and the prime beneficiaries being neglected.
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However, we used legal counsel to table some of them, so we have not had incompetents assisting us.
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From any point of view this is an entirely proper condition, because it would be wrong if grants were made to incompetents or landlubbers.
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I remember how they were being assailed by comedians in all parts of this country as being incompetents.
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Therefore, we see that any fear that we shall be flooded with medical incompetents is extremely ill-based.
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The result was that when they came to appoint a third commander all the incompetents were out of the running.
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He calls them incompetents, and they take no umbrage.
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How can it entrust the future to such proven incompetents?
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They are often mocked by the political establishment and resented when proven later to have been correct, while the incompetents' transgressions are frequently overlooked and forgiven.
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When building societies have fallen into the hands of crooks or incompetents, the other societies have immediately rallied round to give complete protection to the investing or borrowing public.
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They areincompetent, from extreme ignorance or vicious habits, to the performance of the most ordinary duties of social life.
From theCambridge English Corpus
He is not mentally ill orincompetent, he just has unusual-and unusually self-indulgent and immature-preferences.
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