Word Type

Adjective

Adjective

Noun

The word "incompetent" can be used as adjective, adjective and noun.

Word Relationships

Opposites (Antonyms)

competent competent

Derived Terms

immunoincompetent incompetently incompetentness non-incompetent retroincompetent

Context

law medical

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

unskilled person

Type Of (IsA)

unskilled person

Related Terms

incompetence incompetency

Related Terms

cervix cognitively compete competence competency competition competitive impaired incompetence inefficient insane rational unqualified unskilled

Similar Terms

bad bad feckless feckless inadequate incapable ineffective ineffective inefficient inept unequal unqualified unskilled unworkmanlike unworkmanlike

Synonym Network

bungling unequal to

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