Hyphenation of Incompetent

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word Incompetent? This word can be hyphenated and contains 4 syllables as shown below.

In-com-pe-tent

Definitions of Incompetent:

1.	Someone who is not competent to take effective action
2.	Legally not qualified or sufficient A wife is usually considered unqualified to testify against her husband Incompetent witnesses
3.	Not qualified or suited for a purpose An incompetent secret service The filming was hopeless incompetent
4.	Showing lack of skill or aptitude A bungling workman Did a clumsy job His fumbling attempt to put up a shelf
5.	Not doing a good job Incompetent at chess
6.	Not meeting requirements Unequal to the demands put upon him

Synonyms of Incompetent:

adj	incompetent, feckless, inept, incapable, unqualified, ineffective, inefficient, unqualified, unworkmanlike, incapable, inefficient, unqualified, unskilled
adj	bungling, clumsy, fumbling, unskilled
adj	unskilled, bad
adj	incapable, unequal to, inadequate
noun	incompetent person, unskilled person

Last hyphenations of this language

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Hyphenator

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