incompetent

See also: incompétent

English

incompetent (comparative more incompetent, superlative most incompetent)

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

unskilled, lacking normally expected degree of ability

Belarusian: некампетэ́нтны (njekampjeténtny)
Bulgarian: неспособен (bg) (nesposoben), неумел (bg) (neumel), некомпетентен (bg) (nekompetenten)
Catalan: incompetent (ca)
Dutch: incompetent (nl)
Esperanto: malkompetenta, nekompetenta
Finnish: epäpätevä (fi), taitamaton (fi)
French: incompétent (fr)
German: inkompetent (de), unfähig (de)
Greek: αναρμόδιος (el) (anarmódios)
Hindi: नालायक (nālāyak)
Japanese: できない (dekinai), 無能な (ja) (munō na)

unable to make rational decisions, insane or otherwise cognitively impaired

incompetent (plural incompetents)

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