Incompetent
Incompetent adjective - Lacking qualities (as knowledge, skill, or ability) required to do a job.
Usage example: an incompetent carpenter had built the deck, and the railings were loose already
Unprepared and incompetent are semantically related In some cases you can use "Unprepared" instead an adjective "Incompetent".
Nearby Words: incompetence, incompetently
Unprepared
Unprepared adjective - Made or done without previous thought or preparation.
Incompetent and unprepared are semantically related in unrehearsed topic. Sometimes you can use "Incompetent" instead an adjective "Unprepared".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- green and incompetent
- green and unprepared
- crude and incompetent
- crude and unprepared
- raw and incompetent
- raw and unprepared
- inexpert and incompetent
- inexpert and unprepared
- untrained and incompetent
- untrained and unprepared
- inept and incompetent
- inept and unprepared
- unqualified and incompetent
- unqualified and unprepared
Both words in one sentence
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To say that the parties (India, British, Pakistan) were unprepared and incompetent in handling the crisis is an Understatement.
Source: Useful Notes / India -
In Mallory's flashback to WW2, a German panzer brigade wipes out an unprepared US tank battalion, casually slaughtering the pathetically incompetent prototype supers who unwittingly led the Germans to the battalion in the first place.
Source: Comic Book / The Boys - Badass Grandpa: Matt Mitcham Bad Cop/Incompetent Cop: The Lake Top police are corrupt, lazy, and completely unprepared to deal with a crime that demands actual investigation.
Source: Series / Top Of The Lake
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