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Incompetent

A person who is incompetent.

📖 Definitions of "Incompetent"

noun
  1. 1

    A person who is incompetent.

adjective
  1. 1

    Unskilled; lacking the degree of ability that would normally be expected.

    "Having an incompetent lawyer may be grounds for a retrial, but the lawyer in question probably doesn't know that."

  2. 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. 3

    Of the cervix: opening too early in pregnancy, provoking the baby to be born.

  4. 4

    Not resistant to deformation or flow.

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