incompetent - Similar and Opposite Words

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Noun

someone who is not competent to take effective action

Synonyms

• incompetent
• incompetent person

More generic

• unskilled person

More specific

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

Adjective

not meeting requirements

Synonyms

• incapable
• incompetent
• unequal to

Related

• inadequate
• unequal

Adjective

not qualified or suited for a purpose

Synonyms

• incompetent

Related

• feckless
• ineffective
• inefficient
• inept
• unworkmanlike

Opposite / Antonyms

• competent

Also See

• inefficient
• unqualified
• unskilled

Adjective

legally not qualified or sufficient

Synonyms

• incompetent
• unqualified

Opposite / Antonyms

• competent

Adjective

not doing a good job

Synonyms

• incompetent
• unskilled

Related

• bad

Adjective

showing lack of skill or aptitude

Synonyms

• bungling
• clumsy
• fumbling
• incompetent

Related

• unskilled

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