Defective
Incapable
Incapable adjective - Lacking qualities (as knowledge, skill, or ability) required to do a job.
Defective and incapable are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Defective" instead an adjective "Incapable".
Nearby Word: incapability
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- inferior and defective
- inferior and incapable
- imperfect and defective
- imperfect and incapable
- poor and defective
- poor and incapable
- unfit and defective
- unfit and incapable
- unsuitable and defective
- unsuitable and incapable
- incompetent and defective
- incompetent and incapable
- inadequate and defective
- inadequate and incapable
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Incapable and Defective. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 03, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/defective/incapable
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