Meaning

• A person who is incompetent.

Meaning

• Unskilled; lacking the degree of ability that would normally be expected.

  "Having an incompetent lawyer may be grounds for a retrial, but the lawyer in question probably doesn't know that."

• Unable to make rational decisions, insane or otherwise cognitively impaired.

  "The charged was judged incompetent to stand trial, at least until his medication started working."

• Of the cervix: opening too early in pregnancy, provoking the baby to be born.

• Not resistant to deformation or flow.