Antonyms for incompetent
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : in-kom-pi-tuhnt |
| Phonetic Transcription : ɪnˈkɒm pɪ tənt |
Definition of incompetent
Origin :- 1610s, "insufficient," from French incompétent, from Late Latin incompetentem (nominative incompetens) "insufficient," from in- "not" (see in- (1)) + Latin competentem (see competent). Sense of "lacking qualification or ability" first recorded 1630s. The noun meaning "incompetent person" is from 1866. Related: Incompetently.
- adj unskillful, unable
- If she was incompetent I wasn't bound to keep her just because she'd had a baby.
- Extract from : « Life and Death of Harriett Frean » by May Sinclair
- He knew how Washington and incompetent officers had blundered and lied to them.
- Extract from : « When the West Was Young » by Frederick R. Bechdolt
- He was drawn this way and that, struggling with a brain that he knew to be incompetent.
- Extract from : « The Twins of Suffering Creek » by Ridgwell Cullum
- In fact, he felt like a jelly fish save that he was twice as incompetent.
- Extract from : « Mixed Faces » by Roy Norton
- He was unsystematic in his habits, and incompetent in money matters.
- Extract from : « History of the Moravian Church » by J. E. Hutton
- There were young children to be reared, and an incompetent mother to do it.
- Extract from : « Mary Wollstonecraft » by Elizabeth Robins Pennell
- She was doing some war work herself in an incompetent, frenzied sort of way.
- Extract from : « Gigolo » by Edna Ferber
- Therefore he must be ignorant, indifferent, and incompetent.
- Extract from : « On the Heels of De Wet » by The Intelligence Officer
- They are just incompetent; they lack the abilities necessary for overt villainy.
- Extract from : « A Slave is a Slave » by Henry Beam Piper
- There are those 169hopelessly incompetent who should never be allowed to have children.
- Extract from : « The Family and it's Members » by Anna Garlin Spencer
Synonyms for incompetent
- amateur
- amateurish
- awkward
- bungling
- bush-league
- clumsy
- disqualified
- floundering
- helpless
- inadequate
- incapable
- ineffectual
- inefficient
- ineligible
- inept
- inexperienced
- inexpert
- insufficient
- maladroit
- not cut out for
- not equal to
- not have it
- out to lunch
- raw
- unadapted
- unequipped
- unfit
- unfitted
- unhandy
- uninitiated
- unproficient
- unqualified
- unskilled
- untrained
- useless
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