incompetents
Those lacking ability
Incompetents are people who lack the ability or skill to do something properly.
The word carries strong judgment—calling someone an incompetent suggests they shouldn't be trusted with responsibilities: The project failed because they staffed it with incompetents.
In legal contexts, incompetents are persons deemed unable to manage their own affairs due to mental incapacity.
Those who fail clumsily
- blunderersThose who err clumsily
- fumblersThose who mishandle objects
- amateursNonprofessional participants
- novicesInexperienced newcomers
dilettantes · hacks · klutzes · oafs · duffers · fools · botchers · muddlers
Lack of ability
- clumsinessLack of physical grace
- bunglingMishandling through incompetence
- maladroitnessLack of skill or coordination
- haplessnessState of being unfortunate
ineffectiveness · incapability · unfitness · inadequacy · uselessness · helplessness · awkwardness · fumbling
Serious mistakes from carelessness
- mistakesUnintended wrong actions
- errorsUnintentional deviations from correctness
- mishapsMinor unfortunate occurrences
- failuresUnsuccessful attempts or outcomes
mismanagement · dysfunction · delays · oversights · setbacks · fiascos · debacles · messes
Those newly learning
- rookiesInexperienced beginners in profession
- greenhornsInexperienced beginners
- neophytesInexperienced newcomers
- traineesPeople being instructed
apprentices · newbies · tyros · fledglings · cubs · tenderfoots · learners · probationers
bunglers
Those who fail clumsily
- blunderersThose who err clumsily
- fumblersThose who mishandle objects
- amateursNonprofessional participants
novices · dilettantes · hacks · klutzes · oafs · duffers · fools · botchers · muddlers · slouches
ineptitude
Lack of ability
- clumsinessLack of physical grace
- bunglingMishandling through incompetence
- maladroitnessLack of skill or coordination
haplessness · ineffectiveness · incapability · unfitness · inadequacy · uselessness · helplessness · awkwardness · fumbling · blundering
blunders
Serious mistakes from carelessness
- mistakesUnintended wrong actions
- errorsUnintentional deviations from correctness
- mishapsMinor unfortunate occurrences
failures · mismanagement · dysfunction · delays · oversights · setbacks · fiascos · debacles · messes · foul-ups
beginners
Those newly learning
- rookiesInexperienced beginners in profession
- greenhornsInexperienced beginners
- neophytesInexperienced newcomers
trainees · apprentices · newbies · tyros · fledglings · cubs · tenderfoots · learners · probationers · freshmen
incompetentsexperts
Highly skilled practitioners
masters · virtuosos · professionals · adepts · savants
incompetentsexperts
Highly skilled practitioners
authorities · specialists · old hands · connoisseurs · journeymen
- mental incompetenceInability to understand decisions
- mentally incompetentLacking cognitive capacity
incompetent, incompetence, incompetently, incompetency, incompetencies