incompetentadjective
uk/ɪnˈkɒm.pɪ.tənt/us/ɪnˈkɑːm.pə.t̬ənt/not having the ability to do something as it should be done:
an incompetent teacher/doctor
He has described the government as corrupt and incompetent.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Inability and awkwardness
- accident-prone
- all thumbs idiom
- amateurish
- at your worst idiom
- awkward
- boil
- fumble
- gauche
- geek
- ham-fisted
- have nothing on sb or sth idiom
- incapacitate
- nerd
- no great shakes idiom
- not have a prayer idiom
- obey
- organize
- paralysed
- prone
- rubbish
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incompetently
adverb uk/ɪnˈkɒm.pɪ.tənt.li/us/ɪnˈkɑːm.pə.t̬ənt.li/
incompetentnoun [ C ]
uk/ɪnˈkɒm.pɪ.tənt/us/ɪnˈkɑːm.pə.t̬ənt/someone who does not have the ability or skill to do something as it should be done:
The country's being governed by a bunch of incompetents.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Inability and awkwardness
- accident-prone
- all thumbs idiom
- amateurish
- at your worst idiom
- awkward
- boil
- fumble
- gauche
- geek
- ham-fisted
- have nothing on sb or sth idiom
- incapacitate
- nerd
- no great shakes idiom
- not have a prayer idiom
- obey
- organize
- paralysed
- prone
- rubbish
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