| Main Entry: | disable |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | render inoperative; cripple |
Synonyms: |
attenuate, batter, blunt, damage, debilitate, disarm, disenable, disqualify, enervate, enfeeble, exhaust, hamstring, handicap, harm, hock, hogtie, hurt, immobilize, impair, incapacitate, invalidate, kibosh, knock out, maim, mangle, mar, mutilate, muzzle, paralyze, pinion, prostrate, put out of action, render incapable, ruin, sabotage, sap, shatter, shoot down, spoil, take out*, throw monkey wrench in, total*, unbrace, undermine, unfit, unstrengthen, weaken, wreck |
Antonyms: |
aid, assist, enable, help, improve |
| Main Entry: | disqualify |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | be unfit for; be ineligible |
Synonyms: |
bar, bate, debar, disable, disenable, disentitle, disfranchise, eighty-six, except, exclude, impair, incapacitate, invalidate, nix, not make the cut, paralyze, preclude, prohibit, rule out, suspend, unfit, weaken |
Antonyms: |
allow, be eligible, capacitate, fit, permit, qualify |
| Main Entry: | impair |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | harm, hinder |
Synonyms: |
blemish, blunt, cheapen, damage, debase, debilitate, decrease, destroy, deteriorate, devaluate, devalue, diminish, ding, disqualify, enervate, enfeeble, hurt, injure, invalidate, lessen, lose strength, make useless, mar, prejudice, queer, reduce, rough up, spoil, tarnish, total, tweak, undermine, unfit, vitiate, weaken, worsen |
Antonyms: |
aid, assist, help |
| Main Entry: | incompetent |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | unskillful, unable |
Synonyms: |
amateur, amateurish, awkward, bungling, bush-league, clumsy, disqualified, floundering, helpless, inadequate, incapable, ineffectual, inefficient, ineligible, inept, inexperienced, inexpert, insufficient, maladroit, not cut out for, not equal to, not have it, out to lunch, raw, unadapted, unequipped, unfit, unfitted, unhandy, uninitiated, unproficient, unqualified, unskilled, untrained, useless |
| Notes: | incompetent means not qualified or showing lack of skill or aptitude; incontinent means lacking control over urination and defecation |
Antonyms: |
able, adept, capable, competent, dexterous, effective, efficient, experienced, expert, proficient, skillful |
| Main Entry: | insufficient |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | not enough; lacking |
Synonyms: |
bereft, defective, deficient, destitute, devoid, drained, dry, failing, faulty, imperfect, inadequate, incapable, incommensurate, incompetent, incomplete, infrequent, meager, minus, out of, poor, rare, scant, scarce, short, short of, shy, thin*, too little too late, unample, unfinished, unfitted, unqualified, unsatisfactory, wanting |
Antonyms: |
adequate, ample, enough, sufficient |
| Main Entry: | invalidate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | render null and void |
Synonyms: |
X-out, abate, abolish, abrogate, annihilate, annul, blow sky-high, cancel, circumduct, counteract, counterbalance, disannul, discredit, disqualify, impair, negate, negative, neutralize, nix, nullify, offset, overrule, overthrow, quash, refute, revoke, shoot full of holes, undermine, undo, unfit, weaken |
Antonyms: |
approve, permit, validate |
| Main Entry: | repugnant |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | bad, obnoxious; hostile |
Synonyms: |
abhorrent, abominable, adverse, against, alien, antagonistic, antipathetic, averse, conflicting, contradictory, counter, creepy*, different, disagreeable, disgusting, distasteful, extraneous, extrinsic, foreign, foul, hateful, horrid, in opposition, incompatible, inconsistent, inconsonant, inimical, invidious, loathsome, nasty, nauseating, noisome, objectionable, odious, offensive, opposed, opposite, repellent, revolting, revulsive, sickening, unconformable, unfitted, unfriendly, vile |
Antonyms: |
friendly, good, nice, pleasant |
| 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 |
| Main Entry: | unfit |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | not ready |
Synonyms: |
amateur, awkward, blundering, bungling, bush league, butter-fingered, clumsy, debilitated, disqualified, feeble, heavy-handed, ill-equipped, impotent, inadequate, incapable, incapacitated, incompetent, ineffective, inefficient, ineligible, inept, inexperienced, inexpert, maladjusted, maladroit, no good, not cut out for, not equal to, not up to, unable, unapt, unfitted, unhandy, unpracticed, unprepared, unproficient, unqualified, unskilled, unskillful, untrained, useless, weak |
Antonyms: |
able, fit, qualified, ready, willing |
| Main Entry: | unqualified |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | not prepared, incompetent |
Synonyms: |
amateur, bush, bush-league, disqualified, ill-equipped, inadequate, incapable, ineligible, inexperienced, not equal to, not up to, unequipped, unfit, unfitted, unprepared, unskilled |
Antonyms: |
competent, prepared, qualified, ready |