Webster's English Dictionary

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incompetent

in.com.pe.tent \(')in-'ka:m-p*t-*nt\ aj [MF incompe`tent, fr. in- + 
   compe`tent competent] 1: lacking the qualities necessary to effective 
   independent action  2: not legally qualified  3: inadequate to or 
   unsuitable for a particular purpose expressed or impli ed - incompetent n