Incompetent and Short-handed

Incompetent adjective - Lacking qualities (as knowledge, skill, or ability) required to do a job.

Short-handed and incompetent are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Short-handed" instead an adjective "Incompetent".

Nearby Words: incompetence, incompetently

Short-handed adjective - Inadequate in number of workers or assistants etc..

Incompetent and short-handed are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Incompetent" instead an adjective phrase "Short-handed".