incompetent

英 [ɪnˈkɒmpɪtənt]

美 [ɪnˈkɑːmpɪtənt]

adj.  无能力的; 不胜任的; 不称职的
n.  不称职(或不能胜任、无能)的人

复数：incompetents　

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牛津词典

adj.

• 无能力的；不胜任的；不称职的
  not having the skill or ability to do your job or a task as it should be done
  1. an incompetent teacher
     不称职的教师
  2. his incompetent handling of the affair
     他在处理这件事上的无能表现
  3. The Prime Minister was attacked as incompetent to lead.
     首相被攻击缺乏领导能力。

noun

• 不称职（或不能胜任、无能）的人
  a person who does not have the skill or ability to do their job or a task as it should be done

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 无能力的;不称职的;不合格的
  If you describe someone asincompetent, you are criticizing them because they are unable to do their job or a task properly.
  1. The court declared him incompetent to manage his financial affairs...
     法庭宣布他不具备管理自己财务的能力。
  2. I was incompetent at playing the piano...
     我钢琴弹得不好。
  3. He wants the power to sack incompetent teachers.
     他想取得解雇不称职老师的权力。
  4. Anincompetentis someone who is incompetent.
     无能力的人;不能胜任的人;不称职者
  5. I'm surrounded by incompetents!
     我周围都是些没用的人！

英英释义

noun

• someone who is not competent to take effective action
  Synonym:incompetent person

adj

• not meeting requirements
  1. unequal to the demands put upon him
  Synonym:incapableunequal to(p)
• not qualified or suited for a purpose
  1. an incompetent secret service
  2. the filming was hopeless incompetent
• legally not qualified or sufficient
  1. a wife is usually considered unqualified to testify against her husband
  2. incompetent witnesses
  Synonym:unqualified
• not doing a good job
  1. incompetent at chess
  Synonym:unskilled
• showing lack of skill or aptitude
  1. a bungling workman
  2. did a clumsy job
  3. his fumbling attempt to put up a shelf
  Synonym:bunglingclumsyfumbling

双语例句

• When to dismiss a incompetent subordinate? How?
  如何开除一个不称职的下属？
• We'd rather leave the place vacant than have someone incompetent fill the position.
  宁可虚位以待，也不要让不称职的人滥竽充数。
• The man was a fool, he thought, or at least incompetent
  他想道，那人是个傻瓜，或者说，至少很无能。
• Agency officials may be incompetent or corrupt or lack incentives to produce quality work;
  机关的官员也许无能、腐败或缺少创造高质量工作的鼓励；
• I was incompetent at playing the piano
  我钢琴弹得不好。
• You could tell them yourself what incompetent managers they are.
  你可以自己和他们说，他们的管理人员有多无能。
• He is quite incompetent to do the work.
  他完全不胜任这工作。
• You may see yourself as useless, incompetent and blameworthy
  你也许会认为自己无用、不称职、应该受到指责。
• No, it's because you're all incompetent!
  不，是因为你们这些无能的人！
• Remember that incompetent boss you used to have?
  还记得你以前那位无能的老板吗？