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无能

wúnéng

incompetent; incapable

A slumped figure at a desk scattered with unfinished papers
Memory picture

Characters in this word

无 wú

Strokes
4
Radical
无 — no, not
Made of
一 one 尢 weak, lame

能 néng

Strokes
10
Radical
⺼ — meat, flesh
How it's built
Pictograph — a drawing of the thing

Example phrases

  • 他把部门失误全推给下属,反而暴露了自己的无能。 Tā bǎ bùmén shīwù quán tuī gěi xiàshǔ, fǎn'ér bàolù le zìjǐ de wúnéng. By blaming all the department's mistakes on his subordinates, he instead exposed his own incompetence.
  • 公司连年亏损,员工们都抱怨这位老板太无能。 Gōngsī lián nián kuīsǔn, yuángōngmen dōu bàoyuàn zhè wèi lǎobǎn tài wúnéng. The company loses money year after year, and the staff all complain that the boss is quite incompetent.
  • 遇到一点困难就后退,他显得非常无能。 Yùdào yìdiǎn kùnnán jiù hòutuì, tā xiǎnde fēicháng wúnéng. He backs off at the slightest difficulty, which makes him look very incapable.

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