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Incompetent synonyms

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unskilled
Exhibiting a lack of skill; inexpert:
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  1. Exhibiting a lack of skill; inexpert:
  2. Requiring or using no special skill or training
  3. Of a made object: inexpertly made or showing a lack of skill.
incapable
Lacking the necessary ability, competence, strength, etc.
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  1. Lacking the necessary ability, competence, strength, etc.
  2. Lacking the necessary ability, capacity, or power:
  3. Not meeting the requirements necessary for proper legal functioning:
inefficient
Not producing the intended result; ineffective:
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  1. Not producing the intended result; ineffective:
  2. Incapable of, or indisposed to, effective action; habitually slack or remiss; effecting little or nothing; as, inefficient workers; an inefficient administrator.
  3. Not efficient; not producing the effect intended or desired; inefficacious; as, inefficient means or measures.
inept
Lacking or showing a lack of skill or competence; bungling or clumsy:
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  1. Lacking or showing a lack of skill or competence; bungling or clumsy:
  2. Showing a lack of judgment, sense, or reason; inappropriate or foolish:
  3. Not suitable to the purpose; unfit
unskillful
Unskilled; inexpert.
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  1. Unskilled; inexpert.
  2. (Obsolete) Ignorant.
  3. Not skillful; having little or no skill or dexterity; awkward
inadequate
Not adequate to fulfill a need or meet a requirement; insufficient.
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  1. Not adequate to fulfill a need or meet a requirement; insufficient.
  2. Not adequate; not sufficient; not equal to what is required
  3. Not adequate; unequal to the purpose; insufficient; deficient; as, inadequate resources, power, conceptions, representations, etc.
unfit
Not meeting requirements; not suitable or qualified
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  1. Not meeting requirements; not suitable or qualified
  2. (Biology) Unable to survive or produce viable offspring in a particular environment.
  3. In products law, not qualified or unsuitable for a particular use or purpose. In products law, not qualified or unsuitable for a particular use or purpose.
unqualified
Not modified by conditions or reservations; absolute:
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  1. Not modified by conditions or reservations; absolute:
  2. Not elaborated upon, undescribed.
  3. Lacking the necessary or desirable qualifications; not fit
inexpert
Not expert; unskilled.
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  1. Not expert; unskilled.
ineffectual
Not producing the desired effect:
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  1. Not producing the desired effect:
  2. Not effectual; not producing or not able to produce the desired effect
  3. Lacking forcefulness or effectiveness; inadequate or incompetent:
unsuitable
Not appropriate:
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  1. Not appropriate:
  2. Not suitable; unfit; inappropriate.
untrained
Lacking training, not having been instructed in something.
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  1. Lacking training, not having been instructed in something.
maladroit
Marked by a lack of adroitness; inept.
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  1. Marked by a lack of adroitness; inept.
  2. Inept; clumsy; awkward; not adroit
unhandy
Not handy; inconvenient or inaccessible
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  1. Not handy; inconvenient or inaccessible
  2. Lacking manual skill or dexterity.
  3. Difficult to handle or manage; unwieldy.
clumsy
Awkward, lacking coordination, not graceful, not dextrous
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  1. Awkward, lacking coordination, not graceful, not dextrous
  2. Awkwardly shaped or made; ill-constructed
  3. Awkward or inefficient in use or construction, difficult to handle or manage especially because of shape
awkward
Marked by or causing embarrassment or discomfort:
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  1. Marked by or causing embarrassment or discomfort:
  2. Difficult to effect; uncomfortable:
  3. Inconvenient to use; hard to handle; unwieldy
uninitiated
Not having been initiated.
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  1. Not having been initiated.
  2. Not knowledgeable or skilled; inexperienced.
  3. Of a person, not having the special knowledge of a particular group.
raw
Not finished, covered, or coated:
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  1. Not finished, covered, or coated:
  2. Not having been subjected to adjustment, treatment, or analysis:
  3. Inexperienced or untrained:
inexperienced
Not experienced; lacking knowledge or experience; green.
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  1. Not experienced; lacking knowledge or experience; green.
amateurish
Characteristic of an amateur; not professional.
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  1. Characteristic of an amateur; not professional.
  2. Like an amateur; inexpert; unskillful
inadequate
Not adequate to fulfill a need or meet a requirement; insufficient.
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  1. Not adequate to fulfill a need or meet a requirement; insufficient.
  2. Not adequate; unequal to the purpose; insufficient; deficient; as, inadequate resources, power, conceptions, representations, etc.
  3. Not adequate; not sufficient; not equal to what is required
incapable
Not capable
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  1. Not capable
  2. Not meeting the requirements necessary for proper legal functioning:
  3. Unable to perform adequately; incompetent:
unequal
Having unbalanced sides or parts; asymmetric.
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  1. Having unbalanced sides or parts; asymmetric.
  2. Not equal or adequate
  3. Consisting of ill-matched opponents:
unfit
In products law, not qualified or unsuitable for a particular use or purpose. In products law, not qualified or unsuitable for a particular use or purpose.
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  1. In products law, not qualified or unsuitable for a particular use or purpose. In products law, not qualified or unsuitable for a particular use or purpose.
  2. Below the required standard; unqualified:
  3. (Biology) Unable to survive or produce viable offspring in a particular environment.
unqualified
Not limited or modified; absolute
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  1. Not limited or modified; absolute
  2. Lacking the necessary or desirable qualifications; not fit
  3. Not modified by conditions or reservations; absolute:
unable
Lacking the necessary power, authority, or means; not able; incapable:
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  1. Lacking the necessary power, authority, or means; not able; incapable:
  2. Not able; lacking a certain ability.
  3. Lacking mental or physical capability or efficiency; incompetent:
unfit
Below the required standard; unqualified:
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  1. Below the required standard; unqualified:
  2. Not fit; not having the correct requirements.
  3. (Biology) Unable to survive or produce viable offspring in a particular environment.
unqualified
Not limited or modified; absolute
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  1. Not limited or modified; absolute
  2. Lacking the proper or required qualifications:
  3. Lacking the necessary or desirable qualifications; not fit
inapt
Inept:
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  1. Inept:
  2. Not apt; not suitable; inappropriate
  3. Unapt; not apt; unsuitable; inept.
incapable
Lacking the necessary ability, capacity, or power:
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  1. Lacking the necessary ability, capacity, or power:
  2. Not capable
  3. Unable to perform adequately; incompetent:
inefficient
Lacking the necessary ability; unskilled; incompetent
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  1. Lacking the necessary ability; unskilled; incompetent
  2. Incapable of, or indisposed to, effective action; habitually slack or remiss; effecting little or nothing; as, inefficient workers; an inefficient administrator.
  3. Lacking the ability or skill to perform effectively; incompetent:
inept
Showing a lack of judgment, sense, or reason; inappropriate or foolish:
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  1. Showing a lack of judgment, sense, or reason; inappropriate or foolish:
  2. Lacking or showing a lack of skill or competence; bungling or clumsy:
  3. Inefficient
inexpert
Not expert; unskilled.
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  1. Not expert; unskilled.
unskilled
Exhibiting a lack of skill; inexpert:
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  1. Exhibiting a lack of skill; inexpert:
  2. Requiring no training or skill:
  3. Of a made object: inexpertly made or showing a lack of skill.
unskillful
Not skillful; having little or no skill or dexterity; awkward
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  1. Not skillful; having little or no skill or dexterity; awkward
  2. (Obsolete) Ignorant.
  3. Unskilled; inexpert.
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  • The Parkside men in blue were noth­ing but a bunch of incompetent misfits who should all be fired, so continued the tirade.

  • In 1886, the year in which the Rand mines were discovered, President Kruger was by no means a popular man even among his own followers; as an administrator of internal affairs he had shown himself grossly incompetent, and it was only the specious success of his negotiations with the British government which had retained him any measure of support.

  • Moylan, however, proved incompetent, and Mifflin resumed the office on the 1st of October.

  • But their kings were incompetent, their chiefs jealous and their tribes divided.

  • His incompetent leadership made it necessary for the rebels to invoke the help of France.

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