INCOMPETENT

• (noun) someone who is not competent to take effective action

  synonyms : incompetent person

• (adj.) not qualified or suited for a purpose

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

• (adj.) legally not qualified or sufficient

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

  synonyms : unqualified

• (adj.) not meeting requirements

  "unequal to the demands put upon him"

  synonyms : incapable , unequal to

• (adj.) not doing a good job

  "incompetent at chess"

  synonyms : unskilled

• (adj.) showing lack of skill or aptitude

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

  synonyms : bungling , clumsy , fumbling

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