Staring at the ceiling Lying on the bed The hum of the fan and the tormenting sound of one's own breath listlessly lying as the endless seconds tick, the lethargic eternity, and a seemingly stagnated run of time the lifeless being lies still on seemingly endless life support The hapless soul lies there still and lost The eternal run infusion drip The monitoring screen on the other side At the far corner on the narrow hospital bench Sat a figure frail, exhausted, and scared. On the bed lies her eternal source of happiness, aspirations, and all The doctors and ward staff come and go donned in uniform and a drab unconcerned look added to it a very artificial put-on smile, On their rounds and checks on the frail figure on the bed Readings and observations and medications too. The figure in the corner looks up at them with anxious eyes and endless expectations But all that is there is a smile and a nod and a few jargons of apo...
Essentially, a nincompoop is a fool, a stupid person whose incompetence or naïveté is quite apparent. It is often used to describe people of a much lower social ranking, although some may describe an unpopular or incompetent leader as an "utter nincompoop." It is conceivable that the originator of "nincompoop" was seeking to combine several unsophisticated words into one nonsensical but descriptive word.