| slovo | definícia |
incompetent
(encz) | incompetent,nekompetentní adj: Zdeněk Brož |
incompetent
(encz) | incompetent,neodborný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
incompetent
(encz) | incompetent,neschopný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
Incompetent
(gcide) | Incompetent \In*com"pe*tent\, a. [L. incompetens: cf. F.
incomp['e]tent. See In- not, and Competent.]
[1913 Webster]
1. Not competent; wanting in adequate strength, power,
capacity, means, qualifications, or the like; incapable;
unable; inadequate; unfit.
[1913 Webster]
Incompetent to perform the duties of the place.
--Macaulay.
[1913 Webster]
2. (Law) Wanting the legal or constitutional qualifications;
inadmissible; as, a person professedly wanting in
religious belief is an incompetent witness in a court of
law or equity; incompetent evidence; a mentally defective
person is incompetent to care for himself and requires a
legal guardian.
[1913 Webster +PJC]
Richard III. had a resolution, out of hatred to his
brethren, to disable their issues, upon false and
incompetent pretexts, the one of attainder, the
other of illegitimation. --Bacon.
[1913 Webster]
3. Not lying within one's competency, capacity, or authorized
power; not permissible.
Syn: Incapable; unable; inadequate; insufficient;
inefficient; disqualified; unfit; improper.
Usage: Incompetent, Incapable. Incompetent is a relative
term, denoting a lack of the requisite qualifications
for performing a given act, service, etc.; incapable
is absolute in its meaning, denoting lack of power,
either natural or moral. We speak of a man as
incompetent to a certain task, of an incompetent
judge, etc. We say of an idiot that he is incapable of
learning to read; and of a man distinguished for his
honor, that he is incapable of a mean action.
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incompetent
(wn) | incompetent
adj 1: legally not qualified or sufficient; "a wife is usually
considered unqualified to testify against her husband";
"incompetent witnesses" [syn: incompetent,
unqualified] [ant: competent]
2: not qualified or suited for a purpose; "an incompetent secret
service"; "the filming was hopeless incompetent" [ant:
competent]
3: showing lack of skill or aptitude; "a bungling workman"; "did
a clumsy job"; "his fumbling attempt to put up a shelf" [syn:
bungling, clumsy, fumbling, incompetent]
4: not doing a good job; "incompetent at chess" [syn:
incompetent, unskilled]
5: not meeting requirements; "unequal to the demands put upon
him" [syn: incapable, incompetent, unequal to(p)]
n 1: someone who is not competent to take effective action [syn:
incompetent, incompetent person] |
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incompetent cervix
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incompetent person
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incompetently
(encz) | incompetently,nekompetentně adv: Zdeněk Brožincompetently,nezpůsobile adv: Zdeněk Brož |
Incompetent
(gcide) | Incompetent \In*com"pe*tent\, a. [L. incompetens: cf. F.
incomp['e]tent. See In- not, and Competent.]
[1913 Webster]
1. Not competent; wanting in adequate strength, power,
capacity, means, qualifications, or the like; incapable;
unable; inadequate; unfit.
[1913 Webster]
Incompetent to perform the duties of the place.
--Macaulay.
[1913 Webster]
2. (Law) Wanting the legal or constitutional qualifications;
inadmissible; as, a person professedly wanting in
religious belief is an incompetent witness in a court of
law or equity; incompetent evidence; a mentally defective
person is incompetent to care for himself and requires a
legal guardian.
[1913 Webster +PJC]
Richard III. had a resolution, out of hatred to his
brethren, to disable their issues, upon false and
incompetent pretexts, the one of attainder, the
other of illegitimation. --Bacon.
[1913 Webster]
3. Not lying within one's competency, capacity, or authorized
power; not permissible.
Syn: Incapable; unable; inadequate; insufficient;
inefficient; disqualified; unfit; improper.
Usage: Incompetent, Incapable. Incompetent is a relative
term, denoting a lack of the requisite qualifications
for performing a given act, service, etc.; incapable
is absolute in its meaning, denoting lack of power,
either natural or moral. We speak of a man as
incompetent to a certain task, of an incompetent
judge, etc. We say of an idiot that he is incapable of
learning to read; and of a man distinguished for his
honor, that he is incapable of a mean action.
[1913 Webster] |
Incompetently
(gcide) | Incompetently \In*com"pe*tent*ly\, adv.
In an competent manner; inadequately; unsuitably.
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incompetent cervix
(wn) | incompetent cervix
n 1: (obstetrics) uterine cervix that becomes dilated before
term and without labor often resulting in miscarriage or
premature birth |
incompetent person
(wn) | incompetent person
n 1: someone who is not competent to take effective action [syn:
incompetent, incompetent person] |
incompetently
(wn) | incompetently
adv 1: in an incompetent manner; "he did the job rather
incompetently" [syn: incompetently, {displaying
incompetence}] [ant: ably, aptly, capably,
competently] |
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