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| Main Entry: | unable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | not having talent, skill |
| Synonyms: | can't cut it, can't hack it, can't make the grade, clumsy, helpless, hog-tied, impotent, impuissant, inadequate, incapable, incapacitated, incompetent, ineffectual, inefficacious, inefficient, inept, inoperative, no can do, no good, not able, not cut out for, not equal to, not up to, out of commission*, powerless, sidelined, unfit, unfitted, unqualified, unskilled, weak |
| Antonyms: | able, adequate, capable, competent, fit, qualified, skillful, talented |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | clumsy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | not agile; awkward |
| Synonyms: | bulky, bungling, crude, elephantine, gauche, gawky, graceless, heavy, heavy-handed, helpless, hulking, incompetent, inelegant, inept, inexperienced, inexpert, lumbering, lumpish, maladroit, oafish, ponderous, unable, uncoordinated, uncouth, uneasy, ungainly, unskillful, untoward, unwieldy, all thumbs, blundering, blunderous, bumbling, butterfingered*, clownish, gawkish, ham-handed, ill-shaped, lubberly, splay, stumbling, unadept, undexterous, unhandy, untactful, untalented, weedy |
| Antonyms: | adroit, agile, athletic, clever, dexterous, expert, graceful, coordinated, couth |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | helpless |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | incapable, incompetent; vulnerable |
| Synonyms: | abandoned, debilitated, defenseless, dependent, destitute, disabled, exposed, feeble, forlorn, forsaken, friendless, impotent, inefficient, inexpert, infirm, invalid, over a barrel*, paralyzed, powerless, prostrate, shiftless, unable, unfit, unprotected, weak, basket-case, handcuffed, pinned, tapped, tapped out, up creek without paddle, with hands tied |
| Antonyms: | able, capable, competent, enterprising, independent, resourceful, skilled, strong |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | inapt |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | incompetent; not suitable |
| Synonyms: | awkward, banal, clumsy, dull, flat, gauche, ill-suited, improper, inappropriate, incongruous, inept, inexperienced, inexpert, insipid, jejune, maladroit, malapropos, slow, stupid, unable, unfit, unskilled, unsuitable, unsuited, untimely, ill-adapted, ill-fitted, inadept, inapposite, infelicitous, undexterous, unfacile, unhandy, unmeet, unproficient |
| Notes: | inapt is 'not suitable or appropriate' while unapt is 'not likely or inclined' |
| Antonyms: | apt, competent, happy, suitable, suited |
| Main Entry: | incapable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | not adequate; helpless |
| Synonyms: | butterfingers*, feeble, impotent, inadequate, incompetent, ineffective, ineligible, inept, inexperienced, inexpert, insufficient, losing, naive, poor, powerless, unable, unfit, unqualified, unskilled, unskillful, unsuited, weak, disqualified, inproficient, not equal to, not up to, uncool, unequipped |
| Antonyms: | capable, competent, qualified, strong |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | ineffective/ineffectual |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | weak, useless |
| Synonyms: | abortive, barren, bootless, feckless, feeble, fruitless, futile, idle, impotent, inadequate, incompetent, indecisive, inefficient, inept, inferior, innocuous, inoperative, lame, limited, nugatory, null, null and void*, paltry, powerless, spineless, unable, unavailing, unfruitful, unproductive, unprofitable, unsuccessful, vain, void, withered, worthless, anticlimactic, defeasible, forceless, inefficacious, invertebrate, neutralized |
| Antonyms: | competent, effective, effectual, efficient, powerful, strong, useful |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | unskilled |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | untrained |
| Synonyms: | awkward, green*, inadequate, incompetent, inept, inexperienced, inexpert, raw*, unable, undeveloped, uneducated, unqualified, unschooled, inproficient, not up to, unequipped, unhandy, untalented |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | ineffective |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | useless |
| Synonyms: | abortive, barren, bootless, emasculate, feckless, feeble, fruitless, futile, idle, impotent, inadequate, incompetent, indecisive, ineffectual, inefficient, inept, inferior, innocuous, inoperative, lame, limited, nugatory, null, paltry, powerless, spineless, unable, unavailable, unavailing, unfruitful, unproductive, unprofitable, unsuccessful, vain, void, withered, worthless, anticlimactic, defeasible, forceless, inefficacious, neutralized, no go, no way, not effective, slack-spined |
| Antonyms: | effective |
| Main Entry: | unfit |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | not ready |
| Synonyms: | amateur, awkward, bungling, bush league*, clumsy, debilitated, feeble, heavy-handed, impotent, inadequate, incapable, incapacitated, incompetent, ineffective, inefficient, ineligible, inept, inexperienced, inexpert, maladjusted, maladroit, unable, unprepared, unqualified, unskilled, unskillful, untrained, useless, weak, blundering, butter-fingered, disqualified, ill-equipped, no good, not cut out for, not equal to, not up to, unapt, unfitted, unhandy, unpracticed, unproficient |
| Antonyms: | able, fit, qualified, ready, willing |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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