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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 | ||
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