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incompetently
Variant of incompetent
adjective
- without adequate ability, knowledge, fitness, etc.; failing to meet requirements; incapable; unskillful
- not legally qualified
- lacking strength and sufficient flexibility to transmit pressure, thus breaking or flowing under stress: said of rock structures
noun
an incompetent person; esp., one who is mentally deficient
Related Forms:
- incompetence noun or incompetency
- incompetently adverb
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