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Incompetent

//ɪnˈkɒmpətənt//

Synonyms for "incompetent" (101 found)

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Informal (12)

Adj, name, noun, verb, slang(2 words)

Adj, slang(2 words)

Adj, adv, det, name, noun, pron, slang(1 words)

Adj, verb, slang(1 words)

Adj, name, noun, slang(2 words)

Adj, noun, slang(2 words)

Prep_phrase, slang(1 words)

Noun, slang(1 words)

General use (89)

Adjective(25 words)

bad inept hopeless worthless ineffectual artless ineffective helpless gauche unskilled powerless unsuited unskillful unsatisfactory untalented unarmed ill-equipped ungifted unprovided unendowed

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unsatisfying unadjusted unsufficing ill-qualified unworkmanlike

Adj, adv, name, noun, verb(1 words)

Noun(5 words)

failure mediocrity flash in the pan blank cartridge incompetent person

Adj, verb(6 words)

unqualified unfit maladjusted unadapted unfitted unequipped

Adjective(7 words)

unqualified clumsy unskilled bungling incapable fumbling unequal to

Adj, noun(16 words)

inferior awkward impotent trivial inadequate mediocre deficient incomplete incapable weakling maladroit inefficient unprofessional inexpert castrato ineligible

Adj, noun, verb(4 words)

invalid imperfect lacking bungling

Name, noun, prep, verb(1 words)

Adj, adv, noun(1 words)

Adj, noun, prep, verb(1 words)

Name, noun(1 words)

Adj, det(1 words)

Adj, intj, verb(1 words)

Noun, verb(2 words)

Verb(2 words)

found wanting disqualified

ill-fitted dull tool not in it ill-furnished ill-provided not comparable unequal to too little not enough not equal to not up to incapable of unable to no conjuror

Prep_phrase(1 words)

out of the running

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