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Uncommonincumbent
The correct spelling is incumbent.
How to pronounce incumbent
noun
IPA: /ɪnˈkʌmbənt/
Say it like: Inc-umb-ent
The correct spelling is incumbent. The current holder of an office, such as ecclesiastical benefice or an elected office. For example: "Proper behavior is incumbent on all holders of positions of trust."
Usage Examples
“Proper behavior is incumbent on all holders of positions of trust.”
“the incumbent toe of a bird”
“If the incumbent senator dies, he is replaced by a person appointed by the governor.”
Meanings
noun
- 1.The current holder of an office, such as ecclesiastical benefice or an elected office.
- 2.A holder of a position as supplier to a market or market segment that allows the holder to earn above-normal profits.
adjective
- 1.Imposed on someone as an obligation, especially due to one's office.
- 2.Lying; resting; reclining; recumbent.
- 3.Prevalent, prevailing, predominant.
- 4.Resting on something else; in botany, said of anthers when lying on the inner side of the filament, or of cotyledons when the radicle lies against the back of one of them.
- 5.Bent downwards so that the ends touch, or rest on, something else.
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