incompetent

English · Română

AI In plain words

Writing a short explanation…

Written by a house AI from the entry below, in your language. The entry itself is the source.

incompetent

Where it comes from

Borrowed from French incompétent. By surface analysis, in- + competent.

adjective incompetentă · incompetenți · incompetente · incompetent

masculine, neuter incompetent

In English

inept not able to do something
unable not able
incompetent unskilled, lacking normally expected degree of ability
unqualified ineligible, not qualified

Talk about this word

Cite this

MLA

"incompetent." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/ro/incompetent. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

incompetent. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/ro/incompetent

Chicago

"incompetent." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/ro/incompetent.

BibTeX

@misc{incompetent_2026,
  title = {incompetent},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ro/incompetent},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}