Synonyms: incompetent, incompetent person
Definition: someone who is not competent to take effective action
Similar words: unskilled person
Definition: a person who lacks technical training
Synonyms: incapable, incompetent, unequal to
Definition: not meeting requirements
Usage: unequal to the demands put upon him
Similar words: unequal, inadequate
Definition: lacking the requisite qualities or resources to meet a task
Usage: inadequate training; the staff was inadequate; she was unequal to the task
Synonyms: incompetent
Definition: not qualified or suited for a purpose
Usage: an incompetent secret service; the filming was hopeless incompetent
Similar words: inept, feckless
Definition: generally incompetent and ineffectual
Usage: feckless attempts to repair the plumbing; inept handling of the account
Similar words: ineffective, inefficient
Definition: lacking the ability or skill to perform effectively; inadequate
Usage: an ineffective administration; inefficient workers
Similar words: unworkmanlike
Definition: not characteristic of or suitable for a good workman
Usage: an unworkmanlike result; an unworkmanlike tool
Synonyms: incompetent, unskilled
Definition: not doing a good job
Usage: incompetent at chess
Similar words: bad
Definition: having undesirable or negative qualities
Usage: a bad report card; his sloppy appearance made a bad impression; a bad little boy; clothes in bad shape; a bad cut; bad luck; the news was very bad; the reviews were bad; the pay is bad; it was a bad light for reading; the movie was a bad choice
Synonyms: bungling, clumsy, incompetent, fumbling
Definition: showing lack of skill or aptitude
Usage: a bungling workman; did a clumsy job; his fumbling attempt to put up a shelf
Similar words: unskilled
Definition: not having or showing or requiring special skill or proficiency
Usage: unskilled in the art of rhetoric; an enthusiastic but unskillful mountain climber; unskilled labor; workers in unskilled occupations are finding fewer and fewer job opportunities; unskilled workmanship