Incompetent

/ɪnˈkɒmpətənt/

Synonyms for "incompetent" (114 found)

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Closest matches (23)

Adjective(5 words)
Adjective(1 words)

Strong matches (34)

Related words (57)

Noun(2 words)
misgoverningwill be unable to
Adjective(7 words)
poor conditiontalentlessunequal tounfitunqualified personunskilledunskilled person

Related word relations

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7 relation types

More general

7 entries
adjectiveconditiondescriptive termpersonqualitystateunskilled person

More specific

8 entries
chronic incompetenceincompetent employeeincompetent studentinexperiencedsystemic incompetenceunqualifiedunskilleduntrained

Collocations

10 entries
incompetent behaviorincompetent decisionincompetent handlingincompetent leaderincompetent performanceincompetent personincompetent studentincompetent teacherincompetent workerutterly incompetent

Inflections

3 entries
incompetentsmore incompetentmost incompetent

Derivations

3 entries

Antonyms

1 entries

similar

11 entries

Sample sentences

17 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

The world is full of incompetent doctors.

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He was fired for being an incompetent worker.

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Tom is incompetent.

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This man is incompetent.

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