incompetent
/ɪnˈkɒmpɪtənt/adjective
उच्चारण इन्कॉम्पिटन्ट
अयोग्य, अक्षम, नाकाबिल
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not having the skill or ability to do your job or a task as it should be done
अयोग्य, अक्षम, नाकाबिल
- an incompetent officer
- Hiring incompetent staff will only harm the future of a new company.
- The project failed because of an incompetent contractor.
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- She was sacked for being completely incompetent at managing money.
- Voters are angry at an incompetent government that cannot fix the roads.
Synonyms inept incapable unskilled inefficient bungling
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a person who does not have the skill to do their job or a task as it should be done
अयोग्य व्यक्ति
- The company is run by incompetents.
- The manager complained that he was surrounded by incompetents who never met a deadline.
- He called his colleagues a bunch of incompetents.
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- The newspaper accused the committee of being full of lazy incompetents.
- Nobody wants to be led by an incompetent.
§Structures (grammar patterns) 5
incompetent + noun
Incompetent describes a person or work that lacks the skill needed.
'Incompetent' ऐसे व्यक्ति या कार्य का वर्णन करता है जिसमें आवश्यक कौशल की कमी हो।
- An incompetent manager can ruin a good team.
- The incompetent handling of the case angered the family.
incompetent at / in sth
Use at or in for the skill the person lacks.
जिस कौशल की कमी हो, उसके लिए 'at' या 'in' आता है।
- He is incompetent at keeping accounts.
- She was incompetent in dealing with customers.
incompetent to do sth
Formally, it can mean not legally qualified to do something.
औपचारिक रूप से इसका अर्थ किसी कार्य के लिए क़ानूनी रूप से अयोग्य होना भी है।
- The court declared him incompetent to stand trial.
incompetent (noun)
As a noun, it names a person without the necessary skill, and it is countable.
Noun के रूप में यह कौशलहीन व्यक्ति को बताता है, और countable है।
- The office was full of incompetents.
incompetent vs incompetence
Incompetence is the noun for the lack of skill.
Incompetence कौशल की कमी के लिए noun है।
- The report blamed staff incompetence for the delay.
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adverb + incompetent
totallygrosslyhopelesslycompletelyutterly
- The clerk was grossly incompetent.
incompetent + noun
officialclerkmanagerleadershiphandling
- Incompetent leadership caused the loss.
verb + incompetent
proveseembeconsiderdismiss as
- The driver proved incompetent on hill roads.
incompetent + preposition
atinas afor the job
- He was incompetent as a teacher.
accuse sb of incompetence
accuse ofcharge withblamesuspect
- The minister was accused of incompetence.
“More examples 5
- The new accountant turned out to be completely incompetent.
नया लेखाकार पूरी तरह अयोग्य निकला।
- Incompetent planning left the visitors without food.
अयोग्य योजना के कारण अतिथि बिना भोजन के रह गए।
- She felt incompetent at speaking English in front of strangers.
उसे अजनबियों के सामने अंग्रेज़ी बोलने में अपने को अक्षम लगा।
- The doctor was dismissed for incompetent treatment.
डॉक्टर को अयोग्य उपचार के कारण बर्खास्त कर दिया गया।
- No incompetent person should be given such a post.
ऐसे पद पर किसी अयोग्य व्यक्ति को नहीं रखा जाना चाहिए।
!Common mistakes 3
✗ He is incompetent to his job.
✓ He is incompetent at his job.
Use at or in, not to, for the job skill.
कार्य-कौशल के लिए 'at' या 'in' आता है, 'to' नहीं।
✗ He is one of the most incompetent person in the office.
✓ He is one of the most incompetent people in the office.
One of the must be followed by a plural noun.
'One of the' के बाद plural noun आता है।
✗ She is incompetent in speak English.
✓ She is incompetent in speaking English.
After a preposition, use the -ing form of the verb.
Preposition के बाद verb का -ing रूप आता है।
◇Word family
≈Synonyms and antonyms
AaSpelling
in·com·pe·tent
With -pe- and -tent (not 'incompetant').
बीच में -pe- और अंत में -tent ('incompetant' गलत है)।
?Which word?
Keep the unable words together: incompetent (not skilled enough), inept (clumsy and unskilful), incapable (not able), inefficient (wasting time or money), bungling (making mistakes).
अक्षमता के शब्द साथ याद रखिए: incompetent (पर्याप्त कुशल नहीं), inept (बेढंगा और अकुशल), incapable (असमर्थ), inefficient (समय या पैसा बरबाद करने वाला), bungling (गलतियाँ करने वाला)।
“Collocations, idioms and sayings
Incompetent management, gross incompetence.
Collocations: incompetent management (अयोग्य प्रबंधन), gross incompetence (घोर अयोग्यता)। Incompetent का अर्थ है जिसमें काम करने की ज़रूरी योग्यता या कौशल न हो।