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Incompetent vs Phb - What's the difference?

incompetent | phb | initialism |

As an adjective incompetent

is unskilled, lacking normally expected degree of ability.

As a noun incompetent

is a person who is incompetent.

As an initialism PHB is

pointy-haired boss, an incompetent micromanager.

incompetent

English

Adjective

(head)
  • Unskilled, lacking normally expected degree of ability.
    • 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.

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    Usage notes

    The form incompetent of , as in "I am incompetent of doing anything!" is heard (US). It is incorrect, the intended word is incapable.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A person who is incompetent.

    • phb

    English

    Initialism

    (Initialism) (head)
  • (slang, derogatory) , an incompetent micromanager.
  • * 2001 , "John Imrie", my variables in foreach loops'' (on Internet newsgroup ''comp.lang.perl.moderated )
    • I know this. Which is why I use it. However proving it to my PHB is a diffrent (SIC) matter :-)
  • * 2002 , Gardner Dozois, Supermen: Tales of the Posthuman Future
    • ...identically dressed in blue three-piece suits, hung around accosting visitors with annoyingly impenetrable PHB marketroid jargon...

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