Deficient
Incapable
Incapable adjective - Lacking qualities (as knowledge, skill, or ability) required to do a job.
Deficient and incapable are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Deficient" instead an adjective "Incapable".
Nearby Word: incapability
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- inapt and deficient
- inapt and incapable
- inferior and deficient
- inferior and incapable
- imperfect and deficient
- imperfect and incapable
- poor and deficient
- poor and incapable
- unqualified and deficient
- unqualified and incapable
- unsuitable and deficient
- unsuitable and incapable
- incompetent and deficient
- incompetent and incapable
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Incapable and Deficient. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/deficient/incapable
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