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無能 (むのう): inefficiency, incompetence — Japanese vocabulary

無能 is read むのう and means "inefficiency, incompetence". JLPT N1 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.

無能

Reading
むのう · munou
Translation
inefficiency, incompetence
Level
JLPT N1
Pitch accent
むのうが

Example

彼は弁護士としては無能だ。

かれはべんごしとしてはむのうだ。

He is no good as a lawyer.

Kanji in this word

  • 無 — nothing, without
  • 能 — ability, skill

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