Incompetent
Incompetent adjective - Lacking qualities (as knowledge, skill, or ability) required to do a job.
Very bad and incompetent are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Very bad" instead an adjective "Incompetent".
Nearby Words: incompetence, incompetently
Very bad
Incompetent and very bad are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Incompetent" instead an adjective phrase "Very bad".
Mutual synonyms
Both terms in one sentence
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The long series of tactical setbacks and defeats looked very bad, however, and many people took it as a sign that Nicholas II was incompetent and should step down.
- Sometimes good intentions bring unjust punishment, but sometimes good intentions result in very bad results because the good-intentioned person was also foolish, incompetent, ignorant, or just mistaken.
Source: No Good Deed Goes Unpunished
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Very bad and Incompetent. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 01, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/incompetent/very_bad
Incompetent & Very bad. N.p., 2016. Web. 01 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/incompetent/very_bad>.
Very bad or Incompetent. 2016. Accessed August 01, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/incompetent/very_bad.
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