Competent
Antonyms of COMPETENT
- insufficient, inappropriate, green, partial, improper, inept, arbitrary, new, inferior, worthless, unqualified, undue, unprepared, inapplicable, unjustifiable, beginning, unreasonable, unfair, incorrect, raw, unschooled, useless, untested, unsatisfactory, unwarranted, biased, feckless, unmerited, disqualified, unequal, incompetent, inefficient, untried, incapable, indefensible, unskilled, irrelevant, unsuitable, unable, incoherent, unlawful, unseasoned, unjustified, inadequate, impotent, inequitable, untrained, poor, inapposite, Irrelative, despotic, illegitimate, undeserved, unjust.
Examples of usage:
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I never in my life have discharged more than one servant, and I not only did not do it gracefully, but discharged the wrong one; since which time I have left all that sort of work to others more competent than I. Perkins's method was precisely thus. "Paste Jewels" by John Kendrick Bangs
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" Prove it, then, by paying his tuition for a year, and leave him in competent hands," suggested the practical, sensible educator. "The Boys of Bellwood School" by Frank V. Webster