INCOMPETENT PERSON

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does incompetent person mean? 

• INCOMPETENT PERSON (noun)
  The noun INCOMPETENT PERSON has 1 sense:

1. someone who is not competent to take effective action

  Familiarity information: INCOMPETENT PERSON used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• INCOMPETENT PERSON (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Someone who is not competent to take effective action

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

incompetent; incompetent person

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)