English adjective: incompetent | |||
1. | incompetent legally not qualified or sufficient | ||
Samples | A wife is usually considered unqualified to testify against her husband. Incompetent witnesses. | ||
Synonyms | unqualified | ||
Domain category | jurisprudence, law | ||
Antonyms | competent | ||
2. | incompetent not qualified or suited for a purpose | ||
Samples | An incompetent secret service. The filming was hopeless incompetent. | ||
Similar | feckless, ineffective, inefficient, inept, unworkmanlike | ||
See also | inefficient, unqualified, unskilled | ||
Antonyms | competent | ||
3. | incompetent showing lack of skill or aptitude | ||
Samples | A bungling workman. Did a clumsy job. His fumbling attempt to put up a shelf. | ||
Synonyms | bungling, clumsy, fumbling | ||
Similar | unskilled | ||
Antonyms | skilled | ||
4. | incompetent not doing a good job | ||
Samples | Incompetent at chess. | ||
Synonyms | unskilled | ||
Similar | bad | ||
Antonyms | good | ||
5. | incompetent not meeting requirements | ||
Samples | Unequal to the demands put upon him. | ||
Synonyms | incapable, unequal to | ||
Similar | inadequate, unequal | ||
Antonyms | adequate, equal | ||
English noun: incompetent | |||
1. | incompetent (person) someone who is not competent to take effective action | ||
Synonyms | incompetent person | ||
Broader (hypernym) | unskilled person | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | blunderer, botcher, bumbler, bungler, butcher, fuckup, fumbler, sad sack, slouch, stumbler | ||