incompetent vs subnormal

incompetent

noun
  • A person who is incompetent. 

adj
  • Not resistant to deformation or flow. 

  • Unable to make rational decisions; insane or otherwise cognitively impaired. 

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

  • Unskilled; lacking the degree of ability that would normally be expected. 

subnormal

noun
  • A person whose abilities are less than normal. 

  • That part of the axis of a curved line which is intercepted between the ordinate and the normal. 

adj
  • denormal 

  • Less than normal. 

How often have the words incompetent and subnormal occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )