What is another word for incompetent?
797 synonyms found
Pronunciation:
[ ɪnkˈɒmpɪtənt], [ ɪnkˈɒmpɪtənt], [ ɪ_n_k_ˈɒ_m_p_ɪ_t_ə_n_t]
Incompetent is a word used to describe someone who lacks the skills or ability to perform a task adequately. There are several synonyms for the word incompetent that can be used in different contexts. Some of these synonyms include inept, incapable, unqualified, unfit, ineffective, deficient, inefficient, bungling, clumsy, and inadequate. Each of these synonyms has a slightly different connotation, but they all relate to the lack of ability or knowledge in a particular area. It is essential to understand the differences between these synonyms to use them correctly and convey the intended meaning accurately.
Synonyms for Incompetent:
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adj.
• amateur- amateur ,
- inexperienced ,
- nonprofessional ,
- novice ,
- primitive ,
- unskilled .
- Unpurposed ,
- counter-productive ,
- counterproductive ,
- non-functional ,
- nonfunctional ,
- of no use ,
- scrapper ,
- unfunctional ,
- unusuable ,
- profitless .
- bushleague ,
- in competent ,
- in experienced ,
- in expert ,
- in sipid ,
- in-competent ,
- in-experienced ,
- in-expert ,
- in-sipid ,
- insipid ,
- un trained ,
- un-trained .
- more blundering ,
- more butterfingers ,
- more floundering ,
- more stumbling ,
- most blundering ,
- most butterfingers ,
- most floundering ,
- most stumbling ,
- oafish ,
- stumbling ,
- un coordinated ,
- un couth ,
- un gainlier ,
- un gainliest ,
- un gainly ,
- un graceful ,
- un handier ,
- un handiest ,
- un handy ,
- un polished ,
- un refined ,
- un skillful ,
- un-coordinated ,
- un-couth ,
- un-gainlier ,
- un-gainliest ,
- un-gainly ,
- un-graceful ,
- un-handier ,
- un-handiest ,
- un-handy ,
- un-polished ,
- un-refined ,
- un-skillful ,
- unhandier ,
- unhandiest .
- ham handed ,
- hamhanded ,
- heavy handed ,
- heavyhanded ,
- ill shaped ,
- illshaped ,
- in elegant ,
- in-elegant ,
- lumpish ,
- more blunderous ,
- more butterfingered ,
- more clownish ,
- more gawkish ,
- more ham handed ,
- more ham-handed ,
- more hamhanded ,
- more ill shaped ,
- more ill-shaped ,
- more illshaped ,
- more lubberly ,
- more unadept ,
- more undexterous ,
- more untalented ,
- most blunderous ,
- most butterfingered ,
- most clownish ,
- most gawkish ,
- most ham handed ,
- most ham-handed ,
- most hamhanded ,
- most ill shaped ,
- most ill-shaped ,
- most illshaped ,
- most lubberly ,
- most unadept ,
- most undexterous ,
- most untalented ,
- ponderous ,
- splayer ,
- splayest ,
- un adept ,
- un dexterous ,
- un easier ,
- un easiest ,
- un easy ,
- un tactful ,
- un talented ,
- un wieldier ,
- un wieldiest ,
- un wieldy ,
- un-adept ,
- un-dexterous ,
- un-easier ,
- un-easiest ,
- un-easy ,
- un-tactful ,
- un-talented ,
- un-wieldier ,
- un-wieldiest ,
- un-wieldy ,
- uneasy .
- glitcher ,
- glitchest ,
- in adequate ,
- in appreciable ,
- in apter ,
- in aptest ,
- in commensurate ,
- in complete ,
- in considerable ,
- in-adequate ,
- in-appreciable ,
- in-apter ,
- in-aptest ,
- in-commensurate ,
- in-complete ,
- in-considerable ,
- inconsiderable ,
- junker ,
- junkest ,
- minus ,
- more lemon ,
- more niggardly ,
- more stinted ,
- most lemon ,
- most niggardly ,
- most stinted ,
- un equal ,
- un qualified ,
- un-equal ,
- un-qualified .
- ill favored ,
- ill-timed ,
- illfavored ,
- illtimed ,
- in admissible ,
- in appropriate ,
- in-admissible ,
- in-appropriate ,
- irrelevant ,
- more unallowable ,
- most unallowable ,
- objectionable ,
- un acceptable ,
- un allowable ,
- un becoming ,
- un desirable ,
- un reasonable ,
- un satisfactory ,
- un seemlier ,
- un seemliest ,
- un seemly ,
- un suited ,
- un wanted ,
- un welcome ,
- un-acceptable ,
- un-allowable ,
- un-becoming ,
- un-desirable ,
- un-reasonable ,
- un-satisfactory ,
- un-seemlier ,
- un-seemliest ,
- un-suited ,
- un-wanted ,
- un-welcome ,
- unwelcome .
- dis qualified ,
- dis-qualified ,
- in capable ,
- in proficient ,
- in-capable ,
- in-proficient ,
- losing ,
- more disqualified ,
- more inproficient ,
- more uncool ,
- more unequipped ,
- most disqualified ,
- most inproficient ,
- most uncool ,
- most unequipped ,
- not to ,
- un cool ,
- un equipped ,
- un-cool ,
- un-equipped .
- in effective ,
- in-effective ,
- more emasculate ,
- more slack spined ,
- more slack-spined ,
- more slackspined ,
- most emasculate ,
- most slack spined ,
- most slack-spined ,
- most slackspined ,
- slack spined ,
- slack-spined ,
- slackspined .
- anti climactic ,
- anti-climactic ,
- de feasible ,
- de-feasible ,
- in effectual ,
- in nocuous ,
- in operative ,
- in vertebrate ,
- in-effectual ,
- in-nocuous ,
- in-operative ,
- in-vertebrate ,
- invertebrate ,
- more anticlimactic ,
- more defeasible ,
- more ineffective ,
- more invertebrate ,
- more neutralized ,
- most anticlimactic ,
- most defeasible ,
- most invertebrate ,
- most neutralized ,
- null and void ,
- null void ,
- un availing ,
- un profitable ,
- un successful ,
- un-availing ,
- un-profitable ,
- un-successful .
- cant hack it ,
- dis organized ,
- dis-organized ,
- half baked ,
- halfbaked ,
- improficient ,
- in efficient ,
- in-efficient ,
- more improficient ,
- most improficient ,
- slovenly ,
- un prepared ,
- un-prepared .
- in adept ,
- in-adept ,
- more inadept ,
- more loser ,
- more unfacile ,
- more unproficient ,
- most inadept ,
- most loser ,
- most unfacile ,
- most unproficient ,
- un apter ,
- un aptest ,
- un facile ,
- un proficient ,
- un-apter ,
- un-aptest ,
- un-facile ,
- un-proficient .
- can't make grade ,
- cant cut it ,
- cant make grade ,
- cant make the grade ,
- more hog tied ,
- more hog-tied ,
- more hogtied ,
- more impuissant ,
- more sidelined ,
- most hog tied ,
- most hog-tied ,
- most hogtied ,
- most impuissant ,
- most sidelined ,
- no can do ,
- out commission ,
- un abler ,
- un ablest ,
- un-abler ,
- un-ablest .
- butter fingered ,
- ill equipped ,
- illequipped ,
- more amateur ,
- more butter fingered ,
- more butter-fingered ,
- more ill equipped ,
- more ill-equipped ,
- more illequipped ,
- most amateur ,
- most butter fingered ,
- most butter-fingered ,
- most ill equipped ,
- most ill-equipped ,
- most illequipped ,
- un fit ,
- un-fit .
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n.
• bungler- Mismanager ,
- Muddler ,
- addlebrain ,
- bumblers ,
- clumsy oaf ,
- duffers ,
- featherbrain ,
- fool ,
- fools ,
- foul-up ,
- foulup ,
- fumblers ,
- goof off ,
- goofball ,
- harebrain ,
- incompetents ,
- klutz ,
- mismanagers ,
- muddlers ,
- muffer ,
- slouch ,
- spoiler ,
- spoilers .
Other synonyms:
- badly .
Other relevant words:
- Chicken-hearted ,
- Feeble-minded ,
- Floundering ,
- Hamstrung ,
- Impuissant ,
- Incapably ,
- Inhabile ,
- Inservient ,
- Quackish ,
- Unaccomplished ,
- Unapt ,
- Ungifted ,
- Unhandy ,
- Unmeet ,
- Unprovided ,
- Untractable ,
- ability ,
- abortive ,
- absently ,
- absurdly ,
- also-ran ,
- armless ,
- artless ,
- awfully ,
- backward ,
- bad ,
- base ,
- blank cartridge ,
- bloomer ,
- blunder ,
- blunderer ,
- boner ,
- bootless ,
- botch ,
- botcher ,
- bumbler ,
- bumbling ,
- bungle ,
- bunglesome ,
- bungling ,
- bush-league ,
- butcher ,
- butterfingered ,
- castrato ,
- chicken ,
- clumsy ,
- clunky ,
- cowardly ,
- craven ,
- crippled ,
- crudely ,
- cumbersome ,
- dead duck ,
- deadhead ,
- defective ,
- defectively ,
- deficient ,
- disability ,
- disable ,
- disarm ,
- dispensable ,
- disqualified ,
- disqualify ,
- dud ,
- duffer ,
- dull ,
- economize ,
- effete ,
- enervate ,
- eunuch ,
- excess ,
- failing ,
- faintly ,
- faze ,
- feckless ,
- feebly ,
- fizzle ,
- flop ,
- foolish ,
- forceless ,
- found wanting ,
- frustrate ,
- fuckup ,
- fumbler ,
- fumbling ,
- futile ,
- futilely ,
- gauche ,
- gawky ,
- gelding ,
- giddy ,
- good-for-nothing ,
- green ,
- greenhorn ,
- ham-fisted ,
- ham-handed ,
- handless ,
- heavy-handed ,
- helplessness ,
- ill-chosen ,
- ill-fitted ,
- ill-furnished ,
- immature ,
- imperfect ,
- imperfectly ,
- impotence ,
- impotency ,
- improperly ,
- inactive ,
- inadequately ,
- inadmissible ,
- inapposite ,
- inappropriate ,
- inapt ,
- inattentive ,
- incapacitate ,
- incapacitated ,
- incommensurate ,
- incompetent person ,
- incompetently ,
- incomplete ,
- inconsiderate ,
- incorrectly ,
- indispose ,
- ineffectively ,
- ineffectually ,
- inefficacious ,
- inefficient ,
- inefficiently ,
- ineligible ,
- inexpedient ,
- inexpert ,
- inexpertly ,
- infelicitous ,
- inferior ,
- inoperative ,
- insufficient ,
- insufficiently ,
- inutile ,
- invalid ,
- irremediable ,
- irresolute ,
- jackleg ,
- klutzy ,
- lacking ,
- lame ,
- lead balloon ,
- left-handed ,
- lemon ,
- lightweight ,
- lily-livered ,
- little ,
- loser ,
- low quality ,
- ludicrously ,
- lummox ,
- maladjusted ,
- mean ,
- mediocre ,
- mediocrity ,
- meek ,
- mindless ,
- namby-pamby ,
- ne'er-do-well ,
- neglect ,
- neglectful ,
- non-starter ,
- nonentity ,
- not cut out for ,
- not enough ,
- not equal to ,
- not have it ,
- not up to ,
- oaf ,
- of no avail ,
- out of it ,
- out of practice ,
- out to lunch ,
- ox ,
- pathetically ,
- perfunctory ,
- petty ,
- poorly ,
- powerlessness ,
- preposterously ,
- pusillanimous ,
- raw ,
- redundant ,
- retarded ,
- retiring ,
- ridiculously ,
- rudely ,
- sad sack ,
- save ,
- scantily ,
- scrimp ,
- second-rate ,
- seriously ,
- severely ,
- shabbily ,
- shabby ,
- shiftless ,
- shoddily ,
- shoddy ,
- silly ,
- simple ,
- skimp ,
- slackly ,
- slaughterer ,
- sloppily ,
- sloppy ,
- small ,
- spineless ,
- stale ,
- stumblebum ,
- stupid ,
- subnormal ,
- superfluous ,
- swayback ,
- swaybacked ,
- tactless ,
- talentless ,
- tame ,
- timid ,
- timorous ,
- too little ,
- tripper ,
- trivial ,
- unadapted ,
- unadjusted ,
- unadvisable ,
- unarmed ,
- unassertive ,
- unavailable ,
- unavailing ,
- unbecomingly ,
- uneconomic ,
- uneconomical ,
- unendowed ,
- unentitled ,
- unequal to ,
- unequipped ,
- unfitness ,
- unfitted ,
- unfortunate ,
- ungainly ,
- uninitiated ,
- unnerve ,
- unpractised ,
- unproductive ,
- unproductively ,
- unproficient ,
- unprofitable ,
- unqualified ,
- unsatisfactory ,
- unsatisfying ,
- unschooled ,
- unseasoned ,
- unsettle ,
- unskilful ,
- unskilled person ,
- unsuccessful ,
- unsuccessfully ,
- unsuitable ,
- unsuited ,
- untalented ,
- unteachable ,
- untrained ,
- untried ,
- untutored ,
- unusable ,
- unwieldy ,
- unworkmanlike ,
- use ,
- useless ,
- vanity ,
- wanting ,
- washout ,
- wasted ,
- wasteful ,
- weaken ,
- weakling ,
- weakly ,
- wishy-washy ,
- worthless ,
- worthlessly ,
- wrongly ,
- yellow .
- Butter-fingered ,
- all thumbs ,
- amateurish ,
- anticlimactic ,
- awkward ,
- blunderous ,
- can't cut it ,
- can't hack it ,
- can't make the grade ,
- clownish ,
- defeasible ,
- feeble ,
- gawkish ,
- having two left feet ,
- having two left hands ,
- ill timed ,
- ill-shaped ,
- inadept ,
- inadequate ,
- inept ,
- inproficient ,
- lubberly ,
- niggardly ,
- no go ,
- no good ,
- no way ,
- nonexpert ,
- not able ,
- not effective ,
- shooting blanks ,
- sidelined ,
- splay ,
- unadept ,
- unallowable ,
- uncool ,
- undexterous ,
- unfacile ,
- unfitting ,
- unprofessional ,
- weak .
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How to use "Incompetent" in context?
If someone is incompetent, they are not able to do the task or job properly. This can happen for many reasons, such as having no experience or knowledge for the job, not following instructions, or being unorganised. This can lead to problems for the person or organisation, as they may not be able to do their job properly or meet deadlines.
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Equivalence
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Forward Entailment
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Adjective
competent.
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Independent
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Adjective
inadequate, inappropriate, incapacitated, ineffective, powerless, unsatisfactory, unsuitable, useless.
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Other Related
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Adjective
impotent, inefficient, ineligible, unfit, unqualified.
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Adjective
Hyponym for Incompetent:
n.
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person
unskilled person.
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