The world is full of incompetent doctors.
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Incompetent
//ɪnˈkɒmpətənt//
Synonyms for "incompetent" (150 found)
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Adjective(15 words)
Noun(1 words)
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Adjective(22 words)
inferiorintolerableloathsomelousymiserablenaffnegativenoncompetentnonfunctioningodiouspatheticpeakrottenrubbishruefulshitawfulsloppyterribleunableuncompetent
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Adjective(3 words)
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54 translations across 31 languages.
Armenian
2 entries- անձեռնհաս adj (unskilled, lacking normally expected degree of ability)
- անմեղսունակ adj (unable to make rational decisions, insane or otherwise cognitively impaired)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- səriştəsiz adj (unskilled, lacking normally expected degree of ability)
Belarusian
1 entries- некампетэ́нтны adj (unskilled, lacking normally expected degree of ability)
Bengali
1 entries- বেওয়াকেফ adj (unskilled, lacking normally expected degree of ability)
Bulgarian
4 entries- невменяем adj (unable to make rational decisions, insane or otherwise cognitively impaired)
- некомпетентен adj (unskilled, lacking normally expected degree of ability)
- неспособен adj (unskilled, lacking normally expected degree of ability)
- неумел adj (unskilled, lacking normally expected degree of ability)
Catalan
2 entries- incompetent adj (unskilled, lacking normally expected degree of ability)
- incompetent adj (unable to make rational decisions, insane or otherwise cognitively impaired)
Dutch
1 entries- incompetent adj (unskilled, lacking normally expected degree of ability)
Esperanto
2 entries- malkompetenta adj (unskilled, lacking normally expected degree of ability)
- nekompetenta adj (unskilled, lacking normally expected degree of ability)
Finnish
4 entries- epäpätevä adj (unskilled, lacking normally expected degree of ability)
- kykenemätön adj (unable to make rational decisions, insane or otherwise cognitively impaired)
- kyvytön adj (unable to make rational decisions, insane or otherwise cognitively impaired)
- pystymätön adj (unable to make rational decisions, insane or otherwise cognitively impaired)
French
1 entries- incompétent adj (unskilled, lacking normally expected degree of ability)
Galician
1 entries- incompetente adj (unskilled, lacking normally expected degree of ability)
Georgian
4 entries- არაკომპეტენტური adj (unskilled, lacking normally expected degree of ability)
- უმეცარი adj (unskilled, lacking normally expected degree of ability)
- უნიჭო adj (unskilled, lacking normally expected degree of ability)
- უუნარო adj (unskilled, lacking normally expected degree of ability)
German
2 entries- inkompetent adj (unskilled, lacking normally expected degree of ability)
- unfähig adj (unskilled, lacking normally expected degree of ability)
Greek
1 entries- αναρμόδιος adj (unskilled, lacking normally expected degree of ability)
Hindi
1 entries- नालायक adj (unskilled, lacking normally expected degree of ability)
Italian
1 entries- incompetente adj (unskilled, lacking normally expected degree of ability)
Japanese
2 entries- できない adj (unskilled, lacking normally expected degree of ability)
- 無能な adj (unskilled, lacking normally expected degree of ability)
Latin
1 entries- inscitus adj (unskilled, lacking normally expected degree of ability)
Māori
4 entries- hakorea adj (unskilled, lacking normally expected degree of ability)
- hēhē adj (unskilled, lacking normally expected degree of ability)
- koretake adj (unskilled, lacking normally expected degree of ability)
- koretake adj (unable to make rational decisions, insane or otherwise cognitively impaired)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- inkompetent adj (unskilled, lacking normally expected degree of ability)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- inkompetent adj (unskilled, lacking normally expected degree of ability)
Occitan
1 entries- incompetent adj (unskilled, lacking normally expected degree of ability)
Polish
1 entries- niekompetentny adj (unskilled, lacking normally expected degree of ability)
Portuguese
1 entries- incompetente adj (unskilled, lacking normally expected degree of ability)
Romanian
1 entries- incompetent adj (unskilled, lacking normally expected degree of ability)
Russian
2 entries- невменя́емый adj (unable to make rational decisions, insane or otherwise cognitively impaired)
- некомпете́нтный adj (unskilled, lacking normally expected degree of ability)
Sanskrit
1 entries- अशक्त adj (unskilled, lacking normally expected degree of ability)
Spanish
1 entries- incompetente adj (unskilled, lacking normally expected degree of ability)
Thai
2 entries- ไม่เอาไหน adj (unskilled, lacking normally expected degree of ability)
- ไม่ได้เรื่อง adj (unskilled, lacking normally expected degree of ability)
Turkish
2 entries- beceriksiz adj (unskilled, lacking normally expected degree of ability)
- yeteneksiz adj (unskilled, lacking normally expected degree of ability)
Ukrainian
1 entries- некомпете́нтний adj (unskilled, lacking normally expected degree of ability)
Sample sentences
17 total sentences available.
He was fired for being an incompetent worker.
Source: tatoeba (1371725)
Tom is incompetent.
Source: tatoeba (1524681)
This man is incompetent.
Source: tatoeba (1787035)
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