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Incompetent vs. Stupid

Difference Between Incompetent and Stupid

Incompetent

Lacking qualities necessary for effective conduct or action
an incompetent manager.
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Stupid

Slow to learn or understand; obtuse.
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Incompetent

Inadequate for or unsuited to a particular purpose or application
“Because so many diseases fluctuate randomly over time, patients sometimes spontaneously improve despite incompetent treatment” (Richard A. Friedman).
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Stupid

Tending to make poor decisions or careless mistakes.
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Incompetent

Not functioning properly in the body
an incompetent heart valve.
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Stupid

Marked by a lack of intelligence or care; foolish or careless
a stupid mistake.
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Incompetent

Not legally qualified, as testimony that does not meet the standards for admissibility or a juror whose personal interest in the outcome of the case does not allow that juror to serve impartially.
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Stupid

Dazed, stunned, or stupefied
felt stupid after taking the pain medication.
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Incompetent

Lacking sufficient mental ability or awareness
a defendant incompetent to stand trial.
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Stupid

Used to express disparagement or exasperation
Take your stupid notebook and go home.
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Incompetent

An incompetent person.
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Stupid

A stupid or foolish person.
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Incompetent

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.
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Stupid

Lacking in intelligence or exhibiting the quality of having been done by someone lacking in intelligence.
Because it's a big stupid jellyfish!
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Incompetent

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.
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Stupid

To the point of stupor.
Neurobiology bores me stupid.
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Incompetent

Opening too early during pregnancy, resulting in miscarriage or premature birth.
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Stupid

(archaic) Characterized by or in a state of stupor; paralysed.
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Incompetent

(geology) Not resistant to deformation or flow.
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Stupid

(archaic) Lacking sensation; inanimate; destitute of consciousness; insensate.
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Incompetent

A person who is incompetent.
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Stupid

Dulled in feeling or sensation; torpid.
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Incompetent

Not competent; wanting in adequate strength, power, capacity, means, qualifications, or the like; incapable; unable; inadequate; unfit.
Incompetent to perform the duties of the place.
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Stupid

(slang) Amazing.
That dunk was stupid! His head was above the rim!
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Incompetent

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.
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.
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Stupid

(slang) Darn, annoying.
I fell over the stupid wire.
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Incompetent

Not lying within one's competency, capacity, or authorized power; not permissible.
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Stupid

(slang) Extremely.
My gear is stupid fly.
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Incompetent

someone who is not competent to take effective action
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Stupid

A stupid person; a fool.
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Incompetent

not qualified or suited for a purpose;
an incompetent secret service
the filming was hopeless incompetent
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Stupid

The condition or state of being stupid; stupidity, stupidness.
His stupid knows no bounds.
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Incompetent

showing lack of skill or aptitude;
a bungling workman
did a clumsy job
his fumbling attempt to put up a shelf
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Stupid

Very dull; insensible; senseless; wanting in understanding; heavy; sluggish; in a state of stupor; - said of persons.
O that men . . . should be so stupid grown . . . As to forsake the living God!
With wild surprise,A moment stupid, motionless he stood.
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Incompetent

not doing a good job;
incompetent at chess
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Stupid

Resulting from, or evincing, stupidity; formed without skill or genius; dull; heavy; - said of things.
Observe what loads of stupid rhymesOppress us in corrupted times.
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Incompetent

not meeting requirements;
unequal to the demands put upon him
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Stupid

a person who is not very bright;
The economy, stupid!
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Stupid

lacking or marked by lack of intellectual acuity
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Stupid

in a state of mental numbness especially as resulting from shock;
he had a dazed expression on his face
lay semiconscious, stunned (or stupefied) by the blow
was stupid from fatigue
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Stupid

without much intelligence;
a dull job with lazy and unintelligent co-workers
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