English-French translations for incompetent

• incompétent
  Manifestement, là-dessus, le G20 était incompétent. Clearly, in this respect, the G20 was incompetent.
  L'Union européenne donne des pouvoirs publics non démocratiques et incompétents. The EU gives undemocratic and incompetent government.
  Le Conseil serait-il alors incompétent ? Is the Council therefore incompetent?
• incapable
  Si elle est incapable de mettre en place les conditions nécessaires à l’espace Schengen, elle est incompétente. If it is incapable of getting the conditions in place for the Schengen area then it is incompetent.

Definition of incompetent

• Unskilled; lacking the degree of ability that would normally be expected
• Unable to make rational decisions, insane or otherwise cognitively impaired
• Of the cervix: opening too early in pregnancy, provoking the baby to be born
• A person who is incompetent

Examples

• Having an incompetent lawyer may be grounds for a retrial, but the lawyer in question probably doesnt know that.
• The charged was judged incompetent to stand trial, at least until his medication started working.

Related words

• incomplete
• incomparable
• incompatible
• incompatibility
• incompleteness
• incompetence
• incomprehensible
• nincompoop
• incomprehensibly