Incompetent vs Mismanagement - What's the difference?
incompetent | mismanagement |
Unskilled, lacking normally expected degree of ability.
Unable to make rational decisions, insane or otherwise cognitively impaired.
The process or practice of managing ineptly, incompetently, or dishonestly.
As nouns the difference between incompetent and mismanagement
is that incompetent is a person who is incompetent while mismanagement is the process or practice of managing ineptly, incompetently, or dishonestly.As an adjective incompetent
is unskilled, lacking normally expected degree of ability.incompetent
English
Adjective
(head)- Having an incompetent lawyer may be grounds for a retrial, but the lawyer in question probably doesn't know that.
- The charged was judged incompetent to stand trial, at least until his medication started working.
Synonyms
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The form incompetent of , as in "I am incompetent of doing anything!" is heard (US). It is incorrect, the intended word is incapable.mismanagement
English
Noun
(en-noun)- The value of the firm's stock fell precipitously when word leaked out that officers of the company were under investigation for gross mismanagement .