Synonyms for incompetent
ɪnˈkɒm pɪ təntin·com·pe·tent

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1. incompetent

   Synonyms:
   disqualified, inadequate, inferior, insufficient, poor, unequal, unfit, unqualified, unsatisfactory, unsuitable, useless, worthless

   Antonyms:
   able, adapted, adequate, capable, commensurate, competent, equal, fit, fitted, fitting, qualified, satisfactory, sufficient, suitable

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1. incompetent, incompetent personadjective

   someone who is not competent to take effective action

   Synonyms:
   incompetent person

   Antonyms:
   effective, efficient, competent, skilled, good, able, workmanlike, equal, adequate, capable

2. incompetent, unqualifiedadjective

   legally not qualified or sufficient

   "a wife is usually considered unqualified to testify against her husband"; "incompetent witnesses"

   Synonyms:
   unqualified, unentitled, bungling, unskilled, fumbling, incapable, unequal to(p), clumsy

   Antonyms:
   equal, workmanlike, good, efficient, adequate, capable, skilled, competent, effective, able

3. incompetentadjective

   not qualified or suited for a purpose

   "an incompetent secret service"; "the filming was hopeless incompetent"

   Synonyms:
   bungling, incapable, fumbling, unequal to(p), unskilled, clumsy, unqualified

   Antonyms:
   able, competent, good, efficient, capable, equal, effective, adequate, workmanlike, skilled

4. bungling, clumsy, fumbling, incompetentadjective

   showing lack of skill or aptitude

   "a bungling workman"; "did a clumsy job"; "his fumbling attempt to put up a shelf"

   Synonyms:
   butterfingered, handless, ill-chosen, fumbling, clumsy, heavy-handed, unqualified, awkward, cumbersome, ungainly, bunglesome, unequal to(p), unskilled, bumbling, ham-handed, unwieldy, ham-fisted, clunky, inapt, inept, bungling, incapable, gawky, left-handed

   Antonyms:
   good, capable, effective, equal, efficient, competent, able, adequate, workmanlike, skilled

5. incompetent, unskilledadjective

   not doing a good job

   "incompetent at chess"

   Synonyms:
   inexpert, amateur, unqualified, amateurish, bungling, unskilled, fumbling, incapable, unequal to(p), clumsy

   Antonyms:
   adequate, capable, able, effective, competent, equal, skilled, good, efficient, workmanlike

6. incapable, incompetent, unequal to(p)adjective

   not meeting requirements

   "unequal to the demands put upon him"

   Antonyms:
   skilled, good, effective, able, adequate, equal, competent, efficient, capable, workmanlike

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1. incompetentadjective

   Synonyms:
   unable, incapable, not competent

2. incompetentadjective

   Synonyms:
   insufficient, inadequate

3. incompetentadjective

   Synonyms:
   disqualified, incapacitated, unfit, unfitted

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1. incompetentadjective

   Synonyms:
   inefficient, unqualified, incapable, inadequate, unfit, unsuited

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1. List of paraphrases for "incompetent":

   inept, incapable, unable, unfit

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How to use incompetent in a sentence?

1. Lorenzo Boyd:

   Social-media engines have had to contend with a new series of both artificial intelligence and expert-system robotic attacks from abroad in recent times, particularly pushing the Chinese narrative that the U.S. is an incompetent government, born out of worry about the novel coronavirus, the extent to which it has was a contributor to domestic U.S. events remains to be seen.There are other... robotic-narrative campaigns sourced within the U.S. that are equally powerful.This is still an election year, and the presidential election is divisive.

2. Natalia Veselnitskaya:

   What kind of idiots does one have to take Americans for to think they can believe that stupid and incompetent [and] absurd [dossier]? cheap gossip.

3. Ryan Pack:

   The more incompetent you are, the more of a prisoner you are, the more competent you are, the more free you will be.

4. Donald Trump:

   I don't know about that. I'll be honest with you. I want to save the country, our country's going to hell. We have a problem. I want to make America great again. And to do that, you have to be bold, you have to be strong, you have to use the same abilities that I use. We don't have that in office right now. We have people that are incompetent.

5. Michael Dougherty:

   We appeared in open court earlier today to talk about, with the court, the recent competency evaluation that came back in the case of the King Soopers shooter. In the second court order of competency evaluation, the doctor who is a widely-respected expert found the shooter to be incompetent to stand trial.