incompetent

  • (a) legally not qualified or sufficient
    • a wife is usually considered unqualified to testify against her husband
    • incompetent witnesses
    unqualified,
  • (a) not qualified or suited for a purpose
    • an incompetent secret service
    • the filming was hopeless incompetent
  • (s) showing lack of skill or aptitude
    • a bungling workman
    • did a clumsy job
    • his fumbling attempt to put up a shelf
    bungling, fumbling, clumsy,
  • (s) not doing a good job
    • incompetent at chess
    unskilled,
  • (s) not meeting requirements
    • unequal to the demands put upon him
    unequal to, incapable,

Nouns

Synonyms

incompetent person unqualified bungling fumbling clumsy unskilled unequal to incapable

Antonyms

competent

See also

inefficient unqualified unskilled

Words of close approximity

incompetent cervix incompetently incompetent person