incompetent

incompetent
adjective
  1. not having or showing the necessary skills to do something successfully
    不胜任的
    a forgetful and utterly incompetent assistant.
    一个健忘的,完全不胜任的助理。
    ■(Law)not qualified to act in a particular capacity
    (律)无资格的
    the patient is deemed legally incompetent.
    这位病人被认为法律上不具资格。
    ■(Medicine)(especially of a valve or sphincter) not able to perform its function
    (医)(尤指瓣、括约肌)无机能的
noun
  1. an incompetent person
    无能力者,不胜任者
派生
incompetence
noun
incompetency
noun
incompetently
adverb
语源
  1. late 16th cent. (in the sense 'not legally competent'): from French, or from late Latin incompetent-, from in- 'not' + Latin competent- 'being fit or proper' (see competent)
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