Definition for Incompetent:

• Wanting the legal or constitutional qualifications; inadmissible; as, a person professedly wanting in religious belief is an incompetent witness in a court of law or equity; incompetent evidence.

Synonyms for Incompetent:

• adj.

  •all (adjective)
  • unqualified.
  •amateur (adjective)
  • nonprofessional,
  • unprofessional,
  • novice,
  • unskilled,
  • amateur,
  • inexperienced,
  • primitive.
  •feckless (adjective)
  • hopeless.
  •feeble (adjective)
  • lame.
  •impotent (adjective)
  • feeble,
  • impotent,
  • disabled,
  • inadequate,
  • powerless,
  • incapable,
  • forceless,
  • weak.
  •inappropriate (adjective)
  • ineligible.
  •insufficient (adjective)
  • insufficient,
  • unfitted.
  •unaccustomed (adjective)
  • unpracticed.
  •unskillful (adjective)
  • inept,
  • Skill-less,
  • Unhandy,
  • awkward,
  • crude,
  • unpolished,
  • unpracticed,
  • unskillful,
  • amateurish.
  •unskillful, unable (adjective)
  • ineligible,
  • amateur,
  • helpless,
  • unadapted,
  • inexpert,
  • inefficient,
  • useless,
  • unfit,
  • unequipped,
  • inadequate,
  • not have it,
  • insufficient,
  • awkward,
  • Unhandy,
  • clumsy,
  • inexperienced,
  • Floundering,
  • uninitiated,
  • unskilled,
  • out to lunch,
  • disqualified,
  • unqualified,
  • bush-league,
  • amateurish,
  • untrained,
  • incapable,
  • not equal to,
  • raw,
  • unproficient,
  • bungling,
  • not cut out for,
  • maladroit,
  • ineffectual,
  • unfitted,
  • inept.
  •untrained (adjective)
  • unskilled.
  •useless (adjective)
  • inutile,
  • unusable.

• n.

  •
  • bungler,
  • cowboy.
  •
  • excess,
  • unequal,
  • helpless,
  • unfit,
  • ability,
  • awful,
  • poor.
  •
  • unable.
  •bungler (noun)
  • fumbler,
  • bumbler,
  • duffer.
  •failure (noun)
  • washout,
  • good-for-nothing,
  • loser.
  •incapable (noun)
  • unable,
  • unadapted,
  • uninitiated,
  • unequipped,
  • disqualified,
  • unfit,
  • unsuitable,
  • untrained,
  • maladroit,
  • ineffectual,
  • Floundering,
  • not equal to,
  • Unhandy,
  • raw.
  •incompetent (noun)
  • fumbling,
  • inadequate,
  • ineffective,
  • incapable,
  • bad,
  • incompetent person,
  • inefficient,
  • inept,
  • clumsy,
  • bungling,
  • unequal to,
  • unworkmanlike,
  • unqualified,
  • feckless.
  •person (noun)
  • incompetent person.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • maladroit,
  • unemployable,
  • powerful,
  • incapable of,
  • cowboy,
  • ill-equipped,
  • predominant.
  •
  • impractical,
  • rusty,
  • unequal,
  • hopeless,
  • failure,
  • poor.
  •
  • badly.
  •
  • awful,
  • unfit.
  •fumbler
  • bungler.
  •idiot
  • Mooncalf.
  •incapable
  • unable.
  •incompetent
  • helpless.
  •ineffective
  • ineffective,
  • ineffectual.
  •unserviceable
  • useless.
  •unskilled
  • Unaccomplished.
  •Other relevant words:
  • inapt,
  • silly,
  • loser,
  • deficient,
  • Untractable,
  • weaken,
  • giddy,
  • inapposite,
  • bungler,
  • inexpedient,
  • cowardly,
  • duffer,
  • skimp,
  • incommensurate,
  • artless,
  • butcher,
  • superfluous,
  • dull,
  • ineffectual,
  • inexpertly,
  • ill-equipped,
  • immature,
  • incapacitate,
  • found wanting,
  • useless,
  • lily-livered,
  • imperfect,
  • untutored,
  • invalid,
  • rusty,
  • feebly,
  • wishy-washy,
  • incapable of,
  • cumbersome,
  • chicken,
  • helplessness,
  • crippled,
  • inefficient,
  • inoperative,
  • incomplete,
  • raw,
  • uneconomic,
  • unsatisfactory,
  • rudely,
  • retiring,
  • save,
  • left-handed,
  • inadequately,
  • bumbler,
  • futile,
  • ineligible,
  • inactive,
  • non-starter,
  • awful,
  • deadhead,
  • redundant,
  • inconsiderate,
  • mediocre,
  • namby-pamby,
  • shabbily,
  • eunuch,
  • blunderer,
  • unassertive,
  • unbecomingly,
  • severely,
  • tripper,
  • meek,
  • ham-handed,
  • unequipped,
  • tactless,
  • stale,
  • craven,
  • good-for-nothing,
  • low quality,
  • lacking,
  • lummox,
  • lightweight,
  • feckless,
  • swaybacked,
  • unskilled person,
  • powerful,
  • wrongly,
  • bungle,
  • too little,
  • inferior,
  • inappropriate,
  • flop,
  • dud,
  • impotence,
  • unequal,
  • gauche,
  • ox,
  • untried,
  • Mooncalf,
  • fuckup,
  • lame,
  • talentless,
  • ineffective,
  • scantily,
  • nonentity,
  • bad,
  • shiftless,
  • slaughterer,
  • ineffectively,
  • dead duck,
  • Floundering,
  • unadvisable,
  • timorous,
  • improperly,
  • incapacitated,
  • defectively,
  • ham-fisted,
  • jackleg,
  • boner,
  • wasteful,
  • excess,
  • uneconomical,
  • maladjusted,
  • unproductively,
  • unsuited,
  • indispose,
  • unavailing,
  • Feeble-minded,
  • forceless,
  • foolish,
  • frustrate,
  • ludicrously,
  • blank cartridge,
  • poorly,
  • maladroit,
  • clunky,
  • disable,
  • preposterously,
  • gawky,
  • failure,
  • botch,
  • slackly,
  • unteachable,
  • butterfingered,
  • timid,
  • Quackish,
  • insufficiently,
  • little,
  • greenhorn,
  • futilely,
  • unfortunate,
  • use,
  • unemployable,
  • small,
  • neglectful,
  • out of it,
  • unsettle,
  • fizzle,
  • subnormal,
  • heavy-handed,
  • unskilful,
  • petty,
  • absently,
  • sad sack,
  • stumblebum,
  • ridiculously,
  • powerlessness,
  • disability,
  • unsuccessfully,
  • out to lunch,
  • helpless,
  • ill-chosen,
  • unable,
  • Inservient,
  • blunder,
  • ne'er-do-well,
  • untalented,
  • unadjusted,
  • simple,
  • of no avail,
  • sloppily,
  • swayback,
  • wanting,
  • failing,
  • irremediable,
  • lemon,
  • Chicken-hearted,
  • untrained,
  • Unmeet,
  • lead balloon,
  • second-rate,
  • faintly,
  • Inhabile,
  • unsatisfying,
  • unfitness,
  • out of practice,
  • unequal to,
  • unnerve,
  • Unhandy,
  • abortive,
  • inadmissible,
  • incorrectly,
  • uninitiated,
  • not cut out for,
  • mean,
  • not equal to,
  • neglect,
  • spineless,
  • Ungifted,
  • yellow,
  • bungling,
  • inefficacious,
  • pusillanimous,
  • ill-fitted,
  • ability,
  • unpractised,
  • trivial,
  • Incapably,
  • Unaccomplished,
  • unusable,
  • unworkmanlike,
  • bunglesome,
  • wasted,
  • economize,
  • unfitted,
  • bloomer,
  • inattentive,
  • unprofitable,
  • Impuissant,
  • unwieldy,
  • fumbler,
  • faze,
  • retarded,
  • impractical,
  • weakly,
  • Hamstrung,
  • backward,
  • unendowed,
  • handless,
  • inefficiently,
  • not up to,
  • castrato,
  • irresolute,
  • mindless,
  • bush-league,
  • green,
  • unsuccessful,
  • Unprovided,
  • incompetently,
  • unschooled,
  • unadapted,
  • defective,
  • cowboy,
  • effete,
  • armless,
  • base,
  • insufficient,
  • ineffectually,
  • sloppy,
  • worthlessly,
  • enervate,
  • unfit,
  • unseasoned,
  • worthless,
  • inexpert,
  • dispensable,
  • not enough,
  • not have it,
  • unavailable,
  • stupid,
  • scrimp,
  • unqualified,
  • poor,
  • disqualify,
  • vanity,
  • bootless,
  • unsuitable,
  • impotency,
  • washout,
  • incompetent person,
  • crudely,
  • imperfectly,
  • infelicitous,
  • awfully,
  • bumbling,
  • klutzy,
  • perfunctory,
  • clumsy,
  • weakling,
  • hopeless,
  • seriously,
  • pathetically,
  • unentitled,
  • unarmed,
  • shabby,
  • ungainly,
  • gelding,
  • disarm,
  • badly,
  • absurdly,
  • fumbling,
  • Unapt,
  • unproficient,
  • tame,
  • mediocrity,
  • also-ran,
  • shoddily,
  • predominant,
  • botcher,
  • unproductive,
  • oaf,
  • shoddy,
  • inutile,
  • disqualified.

Antonyms for Incompetent:

• adj.

  • all
    competent.
  • unskillful, unable
    proficient, capable, competent, efficient, adept, strong, skilled, skillful, experienced, expert, useful, effective, qualified, dexterous, able.
  • Other antonyms:
    prepared, trained, seasoned, versatile, good, all-around, ready, overqualified, protean, equal, workmanlike, adequate.

Hypernym for Incompetent:

• n.

  • person
    bungler, stumbler, blunderer, butcher, fumbler, bumbler, fuckup, botcher, slouch, sad sack.

Hyponym for Incompetent:

• n.

  • person
    unskilled person.