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INCOMPETENT PERSON

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Someone who is not competent to take effective action

Synonyms:

incompetent; incompetent person

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Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("incompetent person" is a kind of...):

unskilled person (a person who lacks technical training)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "incompetent person"):

blunderer; botcher; bumbler; bungler; butcher; fuckup; fumbler; sad sack; stumbler (someone who makes mistakes because of incompetence)

slouch (an incompetent person; usually used in negative constructions)

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