喜樂美語
  1. 1無能的、不勝任的；當名詞指「無能的人」，很傷人

    Someone who is incompetent does not have the ability or skill to do a job properly. This is mainly an adjective: an incompetent manager, incompetent work. It can also name a person — they replaced the incompetents — but that noun use is very direct and ; you hear it in complaints and headlines more than in polite talk. The word is fairly formal, and it is strong. Calling a friend incompetent at cooking is possible, but it sounds much harsher than “not very good at cooking.” Though actually, in law, incompetent can mean a person is not able to make legal decisions. Same spelling, a more technical room. For school and work, think “not able to do this job well.” The opposite idea is competent.

From the word’s history

From French incompétent, from Late Latin; in- + competent.

借自法文 incompétent，就是 in-「不」加 competent。

Wiktionary

組成Borrowed from French incompétent, from Latin incompetēns: in- (not) + competent (able to do the job).

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原始詞典資料5 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

incompetentadj/ɪnˈkɒmpətənt/

  • 1

    Lacking the degree of ability and responsibility necessary to do a task successfully.

    • Near-synonyms: incapable, inable, unable
    • Having an incompetent lawyer may be grounds for a retrial, but the lawyer in question probably doesn't know that.
  • 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

    medicinesciencesOpening too early during pregnancy, resulting in miscarriage or premature birth.

    • Near-synonyms: dysfunctional, nonfunctioning
  • 4

    geographygeologynatural-sciencesNot resistant to deformation or flow.

incompetentnoun/ɪnˈkɒmpətənt/

  • 1

    A person who is incompetent.

    • But besides these incompetents, there was always a train of camp followers, —women who followed the camp, beggars, and criminals, whose number was often greater than the number of fighting soldiers.
    • "Lies!" said the tallest of the sons of Ivaldi. "I wouldn't trust those fumble-fingered incompetents to shoe a horse."

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