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What is another word for
inept
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Clumsy or awkward in nature
Lacking the skills or abilities for a given task or job
Inappropriate for a given purpose, situation or occasion
Displaying a lack of sensibleness or judgment
Not producing any significant or desired effect
Having little knowledge or experience of a particular skill or field of work
Characterized by laziness, indolence, and a lack of ambition
Lamentably bad or poor in quality
Lacking strength of character to follow one's own principles
Not very convincing
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Adjective
▲
Clumsy or awkward in nature
clumsy
bungling
awkward
bumbling
crude
klutzy
maladroit
undexterous
ungraceful
blundering
gauche
rough
unfacile
botched
butterfingered
butterfingers
fumbled
unhandy
unproductive
unsuccessful
wooden
artless
hopeless
all fingers and thumbs
cack-handed
ham-fisted
ham-handed
heavy-handed
all thumbs
graceless
ungainly
inexpert
uncoordinated
unskilful
lumbering
gawky
inelegant
unco
incompetent
unskillful
oafish
stumbling
clodhopping
handless
amateurish
ponderous
gawkish
unpolished
gangling
left-handed
like a bull in a china shop
unskilled
coarse
unrefined
stiff
clownish
cloddish
unwieldy
lubberly
useless
inefficient
green
rude
uncouth
shambling
unsophisticated
unadept
bovine
clunky
with two left feet
two left feet
foolish
muddled
floundering
lumpish
unfit
blunderous
fumbling
careless
labored
US
laboured
UK
cumbersome
having two left feet
having two left hands
loutish
hulking
unsteady
stilted
inexperienced
accident-prone
heavy-footed
flat-footed
rough-hewn
not agile
all thumbs
rough-and-tumble
botching
inapt
untrained
inadept
unproficient
raw
fumbly
unworkmanlike
coltish
mutton-fisted
slouching
crass
skill-less
indelicate
unfortunate
ill-bred
out of your depth
laborious
stolid
clunking
bulky
faltering
claudicant
slow
halting
limping
uneven
hobbling
simple
primitive
rustic
rudimentary
plain
rough and ready
jerry-rigged
jerry-built
jury-rigged
rough-and-ready
heavy
elephantine
untalented
more ❯
“To her ear, it sounded like an obvious attempt to keep the topic open or an
inept
attempt at conversation.”
Adjective
▲
Lacking the skills or abilities for a given task or job
incompetent
amateurish
inapt
incapable
inexpert
substandard
unfit
unskilful
unskilled
unskillful
inadept
inadequate
ineffectual
inefficient
unqualified
inferior
unproficient
wanting
lacking
unable
unfitted
unworkmanlike
useless
loser
not up to scratch
bungling
amateur
inexperienced
untrained
maladroit
unprofessional
blundering
clumsy
awkward
ineffective
unequipped
floundering
dilettante
dilettantish
crude
unhandy
no good
hopeless
nonprofessional
gauche
not cut out for
bumbling
jackleg
deficient
unsuitable
not equal to
unapt
botched
slipshod
undependable
unreliable
weak
unprepared
insufficient
disqualified
not up to
ham-fisted
cack-handed
not good enough
poor
cowboy
shoddy
sloppy
ineligible
raw
inproficient
skill-less
inefficacious
lacking ability
bush-league
fumbling
not up to snuff
green
can't hack it
pathetic
unsuited
slapdash
unpractised
bodged
uninitiated
hapless
unaccomplished
bad
ham-handed
fumbled
untalented
unpracticed
impotent
incapacitated
a dead loss
not much cop
leaving much to be desired
not up to it
ill-equipped
not cut out
incompatible
improficient
hack
flakey
US
flaky
UK
unsophisticated
backwards
rude
botching
bum
feckless
shiftless
feeble
worthless
careless
butterfingered
untaught
talentless
bush
naive
butterfingers
half-baked
uncultivated
can't cut it
suboptimal
subpar
not equipped to
unpolished
couldn't organize a piss-up in a brewery
without finesse
lacking finesse
unable to
heavy-handed
negligent
not qualified
unequal to the task
non-qualified
out of your depth
all thumbs
not know one's arse from one's elbow
not prepared
all fingers and thumbs
lacking experience
unqualified for
untrained for
incapable of
incompetent at
unable to do something
out of one's element
can't make the grade
not able to
powerless to
helpless
unadapted
farcical
less capable
not have it
out to lunch
unable to do something for toffee
more ❯
“Not only did Sam not own a boat, but as far as I knew, he was a pretty
inept
sailor.”
Adjective
▲
Inappropriate for a given purpose, situation or occasion
inappropriate
unsuitable
inapposite
inapt
incongruous
incorrect
improper
indecorous
malapropos
unapt
unfit
infelicitous
unbecoming
unhappy
untoward
wrong
absurd
amiss
perverse
graceless
meaningless
pointless
ridiculous
unseemly
unfitting
out of place
awkward
untimely
ill-advised
indelicate
tactless
unbefitting
unsuited
out of keeping
unacceptable
injudicious
inopportune
unseasonable
undue
ill-timed
tasteless
clumsy
gauche
unwarranted
inadvisable
indiscreet
ill-suited
discordant
inexpedient
inapplicable
imprudent
ill-judged
maladroit
irregular
rough
inharmonious
vulgar
undesirable
untactful
misplaced
impolitic
indecent
ill-considered
uncalled-for
ungentlemanly
unladylike
crude
lacking in propriety
incompatible
unfortunate
discrepant
inadmissible
bungling
unsubtle
odd
in bad taste
undignified
at odds
coarse
bad form
uncouth
boorish
out of order
gruff
impolite
inadequate
discreditable
crass
irrelevant
harsh
regrettable
erroneous
rash
unprofessional
unpolished
preposterous
inaccurate
blundering
abnormal
misguided
hasty
ineligible
ludicrous
undiplomatic
malodorous
disproportionate
in poor taste
out-of-place
out-of-season
insensitive
off-base
beyond the pale
rude
inconsistent
clashing
unmannerly
jarring
unworthy
contradictory
extraneous
dissonant
unfair
incompetent
ungodly
uncivil
inelegant
brash
immodest
disreputable
uncomely
unpolitic
inapropos
unworthy of
uncalled for
not proper
ill-adapted
out of the way
unfitted
ill-fitted
out of line
ill-chosen
improprietous
ungraceful
immaterial
incautious
impertinent
wry
misdirected
discourteous
unconventional
irrelative
shameless
out-of-the-way
shocking
unwise
sharp
blunt
disparate
not germane
disagreeable
funny
off-balance
detrimental
immoral
unmatched
senseless
not pertinent
unvirtuous
loose
wanton
unflattering
interfering
inconsonant
off
offensive
stupid
unthinking
unperceptive
ill-bred
not done
thoughtless
inconsiderate
left-field
foot-in-mouth
way off
illogical
ill-mannered
not good enough
irrational
unreasonable
inconvenient
out of character
unorthodox
unhandsome
illegitimate
erring
aberrant
obstructive
unhelpful
tacky
wrong-headed
dull
false
unfavourable
UK
unfavorable
US
mistimed
disadvantageous
not suitable
unwelcome
unnecessary
premature
unjustified
unsophisticated
early
unjustifiable
undeserved
unmerited
unjust
intrusive
inefficient
uncool
useless
ineffective
needless
fulsome
superfluous
unneeded
not designed
conflicting
underhanded
sinister
unwarrantable
illegal
callous
careless
unrelated
not up to scratch
ineligible for
unequipped for
not equal to
unprepared for
not good enough for
unsuited to
inadequate for
ill-suited to
unsuitable for
unfitted for
inappropriate to
not designed for
ill-adapted to
no good
unconnected
badly timed
straightforward
precipitate
irreconcilable
contrary
non-essential
unrefined
disconsonant
divergent
uncoordinated
incoherent
not required
incongruent
heavy-handed
shameful
unbalanced
distorted
lopsided
alien
incongruitous
raffish
off-key
not in harmony
in opposition
standing out a mile
sticking out a mile
like a bull in a china shop
like a fish out of water
poor
tawdry
cheap
rowdy
unpropitious
inauspicious
adverse
troublesome
unqualified
incommodious
unlucky
counter
bad
opposed
unsatisfactory
damaging
ominous
prejudicial
threatening
indefensible
harmful
calamitous
unharmonious
not on
inexcusable
objectionable
antipathetic
gratuitous
groundless
unforgivable
defective
unpromising
discommodious
unpardonable
disagreeing
unconscionable
not cricket
gloomy
ungrounded
out of turn
over the fence
negative
grating
inconducive
different
destructive
ineffectual
insufficient
inefficacious
foolhardy
foolish
antagonistic
excessive
incapable
wanting
unequal
mismatched
grey
UK
unable
impractical
dissenting
antithetical
opposite
disparaging
ill
unproductive
inordinate
immoderate
bothersome
repugnant
gray
US
unadvantageous
ill-matched
dreadful
difficult
very bad
inconformable
hopeless
uncomplimentary
deplorable
against the rules
futile
wretched
mutually exclusive
out-of-order
beside the point
broken
nothing to do with it
neither here nor there
ill-fated
disastrous
contrary to the rules
unequipped
unserviceable
below the belt
ill-fitting
misconceived
unprepared
disappointing
unprovoked
uncongenial
unprofitable
discommoding
deficient
limited
a bit much
a bit thick
disgraceful
out of its element
inferior
worthless
off base
not up to snuff
not qualified
impulsive
foreign
challenging
impotent
powerless
lousy
contrasting
remote
trying
testing
tough
prohibitive
anachronistic
abortive
junk
unguarded
grotesque
unaesthetic
inappurtenant
garbage
hostile
silly
loud
unfitting to
improper to
out of place with
out of character with
unbecoming to
ill suited
out-of-date
dumb
flimsy
unadvisable
forbidding
terrible
menacing
hare-brained
factious
irresponsible
unfriendly
inhospitable
unpleasant
perilous
direful
foreboding
grim
antipodal
offbeat
warring
inconstant
unadapted
dire
dangerous
bleak
short-sighted
whale of difference
worrying
nasty
desperate
afflicted
ruined
lamentable
pained
cursed
stricken
shattered
troubled
hapless
ill-starred
out of luck
forsaken
in a bad way
destitute
doomed
unsuccessful
unprosperous
star-crossed
jinxed
ruinous
burdened
luckless
more ❯
“No other event is likely to receive more attention than the government's
inept
response to the financial crisis.”
Adjective
▲
Displaying a lack of sensibleness or judgment
absurd
asinine
crazy
nonsensical
preposterous
senseless
brainless
crackpot
daft
fatuous
foolish
looney
loony
lunatic
nutty
silly
simpleminded
stupid
unwise
wacky
witless
cockeyed
cuckoo
daffy
dippy
harebrained
insane
kookie
kooky
mad
screwball
whacky
zany
balmy
bubbleheaded
dotty
featherheaded
jerky
lunkheaded
sappy
tomfool
fool
half-baked
half-witted
weak-minded
idiotic
moronic
ridiculous
inane
irrational
unintelligent
mindless
imbecilic
ludicrous
unreasonable
illogical
thoughtless
damfool
imprudent
dim-witted
dumb
barmy
chowderheaded
pointless
crackbrained
empty-headed
irresponsible
reckless
ill-advised
hare-brained
doltish
lamebrained
birdbrained
thickheaded
dopey
gormless
foolhardy
indiscreet
dotish
glaikit
bizarre
screwy
batty
wild
dim
loopy
rash
dunderheaded
ill-considered
clueless
impractical
feebleminded
potty
scatterbrained
injudicious
laughable
unsound
thick
imbecile
goofy
puerile
odd
immature
cockamamie
giddy
slow-witted
cretinous
divvy
careless
dof
unreasoning
unconsidered
unreasoned
pea-brained
feather-brained
idiotical
wooden-headed
nonrational
lamebrain
risible
vacuous
clownish
pinheaded
improvident
chuckleheaded
incautious
simple
short-sighted
eccentric
fantastic
heedless
unstable
brain-dead
childish
madcap
halfwitted
boneheaded
blockheaded
unthinking
out to lunch
impolitic
dense
dull
soft
hasty
nuts
wacko
obtuse
dopy
misguided
slow
softheaded
impulsive
farcical
weird
peculiar
strange
queer
outlandish
naive
meaningless
futile
negligent
impracticable
fruitless
incongruous
thick-witted
flighty
unrealistic
oddball
infantile
unusual
ignorant
fantastical
cockamamy
fanciful
scatty
unreal
braindead
off the wall
muttonheaded
ill-conceived
dozy
cock-eyed
inconsistent
dappy
off beam
as daft as a brush
fat-headed
inadvisable
inappropriate
rattlebrained
changeable
implausible
untenable
tearaway
featherbrained
flakey
US
flaky
UK
erratic
frivolous
unsafe
defective
unthinkable
callow
donkeyish
obstinate
insipid
off the beam
out of the question
bugged out
mentally incompetent
undesirable
credulous
retarded
green
goofy loony
addle-brained
unfortunate
surd
boobish
fallacious
invalid
knuckleheaded
dorky
airheaded
weak
notional
buffoonish
oafish
opaque
dead from the neck up
inexperienced
nitwitted
extremely foolish
stupidly irresponsible
full of holes
way out
backward
feather-headed
wet behind the ears
as thick as two short planks
simple-minded
feeble-minded
muddle-headed
pie-faced
sheepheaded
derisible
funny
demented
unconventional
unhinged
curious
deranged
quirky
unbalanced
offbeat
crazed
freaky
psychotic
quaint
bonkers
grotesque
bizarro
cracked
unworkable
mental
freakish
certifiable
queerish
crackers
gonzo
loco
gaga
fruity
touched
comic
disturbed
bats
frenzied
distraught
meshuga
psychopathic
distracted
sectionable
way-out
raving
off-centre
far out
bananas
off-the-wall
delirious
far-out
off-kilter
off-center
frantic
manic
out-of-the-way
barking
in left field
hysterical
out in left field
nutso
buggy
squirrelly
nutsy
schizoid
bushed
porangi
yarra
mentally ill
non compos mentis
of unsound mind
raving mad
sick in the head
mad as a hatter
not together
stark mad
not all there
stark raving mad
away with the fairies
round the bend
nutty as a fruitcake
barking mad
foaming at the mouth
mad as a March hare
round the twist
stark staring mad
up the pole
not the full shilling
not right in the head
not quite right in the head
not right upstairs
have kangaroos in the top paddock
have a screw loose
have bats in the belfry
out of one's head
mentally unbalanced
unsmart
bonehead
vapid
ill-judged
ditzy
dizzy
dull-witted
frothy
ditsy
yeasty
dunce-like
slow on the uptake
lightheaded
gullible
light-headed
bovine
light-minded
soft in the head
tactless
brash
superficial
inexpedient
inconsiderate
wrong
precipitate
pig-ignorant
undiplomatic
unwary
flippant
shallow
impetuous
skittish
stolid
blockish
unmindful
thick as two short planks
whacko
cranky
wrong-headed
empty
outrageous
temerarious
vacant
derisory
trifling
indelicate
maniacal
pathetic
deficient
unheeding
unguarded
regardless
incoherent
derisive
neglectful
psycho
haywire
overhasty
confused
ill-thought-out
vain
whimsical
impossible
juvenile
flip
thick-skulled
wooden
shortsighted
inconsequential
facetious
unfounded
illegitimate
unreflective
inconsequent
harum-scarum
groundless
unjustifiable
comical
thick-headed
meshugge
brainsick
daredevil
bughouse
maniac
moonstruck
devil-may-care
bedlam
contradictory
badly planned
wud
graceless
unscientific
headlong
glib
aberrant
loony tunes
looney tunes
overbold
crass
useless
remiss
risky
insensate
hollow
hotheaded
sluggish
doolally
improper
nonserious
wishy-washy
not the sharpest tool in the box
not the sharpest tool in the shed
not the sharpest knife in the drawer
fickle
far-fetched
inattentive
undiscerning
non-serious
dreamy
lacking seriousness
hot-headed
bad
very stupid
specious
out there
absent-minded
bird-brained
off your trolley
erroneous
arbitrary
non-viable
idealistic
romantic
daring
misconceived
illiterate
reasonless
off your head
off one's gourd
around the bend
audacious
sophistic
simplistic
visionary
adventurous
utopian
extravagant
delusory
uneducated
flawed
faulty
incorrect
trivial
unfeasible
precipitous
flimsy
imperceptive
facile
unpractical
unsuitable
unsagacious
perverse
unschooled
improbable
unadvisable
lumpish
capricious
untaught
dimwitted
light
unserviceable
cloddish
perky
uncritical
oversimplified
headstrong
untimely
quixotic
perfectionist
boorish
bold
unscholarly
piddling
cursory
chimerical
abortive
venturesome
maladroit
inoperable
misbegotten
lightweight
venturous
unintellectual
Boeotian
theoretical
off the air
unglued
disordered
berserk
irreflective
without thought
unworldly
unbusinesslike
inefficacious
petty
numskulled
without foundation
unobservant
without basis
unpolitic
unconcerned
indifferent
slapdash
over-adventurous
not making sense
starry-eyed
playing with fire
blind
hell-for-leather
off the deep end
apathetic
listless
ill-made
bemused
ivory-tower
not sensible
mentally deficient
mentally handicapped
off your rocker
not intelligent
out of one's mind
poorly thought-out
badly thought-out
off one's nut
extraordinary
ill-mannered
nonliterate
overconfident
rum
stupefied
idiotish
unlearned
benighted
all wet
atypical
hebetudinous
deviant
childlike
insensitive
anencephalic
anencephalous
uninstructed
analphabetic
forgetful
embarrassing
smoothbrained
dummy
untypical
uncomprehending
unlettered
unread
blithering
blunt
worthy of scorn
Mickey Mouse
dumb as a box of rocks
dumb as a bag of hammers
clottish
loggerheaded
out of the ordinary
poor
incomprehensible
unintelligible
untutored
rude
dark
torpid
fatheaded
impassive
lethargic
numbskulled
oblivious
purposeless
feeble
bone-headed
worthless
unwitting
disadvantageous
unwarranted
flat
innocuous
addle-pated
ill-timed
false
harmful
detrimental
prejudicial
damaging
spur of the moment
unmeaning
inopportune
half-brained
not bright
spurious
slow on uptake
excitable
foolishly stupid
devoid of intelligence
misplaced
woodenheaded
know-nothing
errant
erring
galumphing
slapstick
deluded
leaving self wide open
unjustified
insouciant
carefree
slipshod
inadvertent
straying
stray
smooth-brained
idiot
not well thought out
unattainable
uncareful
baseless
unusable
pea-brain
infeasible
insubstantial
schematic
malapropos
suicidal
excited
deaf
nonpractical
flipped
schizo
kamikaze
nonviable
adventuresome
self-destructive
surface
sketchy
sophistical
idle
off course
uncalled for
over-optimistic
nonfunctional
neurotic
schitzy
unrealizable
counterintuitive
disconnected
disjointed
soppy
rabid
uncontrolled
unadvised
unrecommended
unsensible
unviable
casuistic
off your chump
off the rails
otherworldly
not in your right mind
schizophrenic
psychopathological
idealist
skin-deep
one-dimensional
paltry
inconclusive
unsubstantial
delusive
Panglossian
overoptimistic
derailed
moonstricken
unsettled
paranoid
sociopathic
quixotical
desperate
irreconcilable
demoniac
raging
dazed
sick
off
speculative
abstract
starry
unproved
irrelevant
unconnected
muddled
a few cards shy of a full deck
deprived of one's wits
one card shy of a full deck
manic-depressive
over the edge
non compos
severely mentally ill
one sandwich short of a picnic
out of one's tree
in another world
mentally deranged
out of one's gourd
in a daze
having kangaroos in the top paddock
flipped-out
as mad as a March hare
flipped out
crazy as a loon
a few sandwiches short of a picnic
not of sound mind
having a screw loose
with a screw loose
as mad as a hatter
in the ozone
not recommended
death-or-glory
foolishly optimistic
fond
imaginary
self-contradictory
beyond belief
over-venturesome
not following
unaware
daydreaming
beyond the bounds of possibility
won't fly
no-go
spaced-out
valueless
off-guard
unwatchful
undemanding
wary
unvigilant
unalert
uncautious
ineffectual
hurried
dreaming
chivalrous
rushed
not careful
any old way
caught napping
asleep at the wheel
leading with one's chin
off guard
pay no mind
fast-and-loose
sticking one's neck out
asleep on the job
foot-in-mouth
ineffective
vague
doomed
gadarene
flying
unlikely
sudden
besotted
nonrealistic
premature
precipitant
gone
reachy
spur-of-the-moment
ould
piffling
wee
helter-skelter
unthought-out
not applicable
blue sky
drive-by
pell-mell
wise
jumping to conclusions
pert
smart
cute
blithe
irreverent
clever
ironic
sarcastic
smarty-pants
smart-alecky
punning
dry
indecorous
smart-aleck
more ❯
“I am not prepared to argue that the acceptance of
inept
ideas about ourselves will not prove damaging.”
Adjective
▲
Not producing any significant or desired effect
ineffective
ineffectual
useless
futile
fruitless
unproductive
vain
worthless
unsuccessful
pointless
unavailing
inefficacious
unprofitable
profitless
abortive
bootless
empty
inadequate
idle
hopeless
otiose
poor
barren
failed
inefficient
nugatory
purposeless
weak
inferior
feeble
pathetic
impotent
incompetent
feckless
lame
counterproductive
paltry
inutile
inexpedient
unfruitful
powerless
inoperative
null
incapable
hamstrung
unfructuous
limited
anticlimactic
unfit
unable
void
indecisive
defeasible
forceless
innocuous
neutralised
UK
neutralized
US
withered
non-successful
to no avail
to no effect
no-go
not effective
no good
valueless
insufficient
meaningless
lacking
substandard
deficient
bad
expendable
unsatisfactory
unusable
imperfect
unpurposed
inexpert
unskilful
unproficient
stupid
disadvantageous
inapt
of no use
not good enough
good-for-nothing
not up to scratch
not up to snuff
not much cop
leaving much to be desired
unfitted
not much chop
no great shakes
insignificant
effete
unskillful
unskilled
helpless
impractical
amateurish
unequal
bum
inproficient
wanting
lousy
unqualified
unworkable
nonfunctional
faulty
duff
defective
unfunctional
impracticable
waste
lacking ability
a dead loss
dysfunctional
scrap
unavailable
meagre
UK
unimpressive
meager
US
paper tiger
impuissant
dud
in vain
to no purpose
unrewarding
thwarted
hollow
sterile
foiled
doomed
unhelpful
unremunerative
wasted
frustrated
trifling
Sisyphean
frivolous
without success
no dice
unsuitable
baulked
UK
unuseful
bungled
inactive
lost
senseless
balked
US
trivial
losing
nonproductive
off
self-defeating
not useful
on a treadmill
of no avail
non-functioning
for nought
not worth the candle
negative
dry
stymied
silent
not working
botched
wasteful
hindered
stonewalled
obstructed
unconstructive
uncreative
gainless
unyieldly
blocked
unprolific
aimless
vapid
misfired
defeated
petty
disastrous
unreal
not helpful
inadmissible
delusive
inconvenient
junky
unsubstantial
incommodious
inappropriate
unsuited
unimportant
broken
improper
ill-suited
incompatible
not proper
unadvantageous
inconsistent
fouled up
adverse
unnecessary
maladaptive
failing
uneconomic
miscarried
rotten
bungling
forlorn
undesirable
unlucrative
dysregulated
improvident
scant
self-sabotaging
nonconstructive
turned off
not in use
out of service
out of use
self-destructive
thankless
needless
spoilt
UK
ruined
spoiled
US
resultless
exhausted
unneeded
dull
cramped
inane
inconsequential
uninformative
shooting blanks
messed up
boring
insubstantial
motiveless
without rhyme or reason
no good to gundy
time-wasting
no use
chaffy
cheap
banal
no-win
puny
misleading
slight
unnotable
delusory
stale
uninspiring
dead
for naught
spinning one's wheels
wild goose chase
insipid
uninteresting
unserviceable
going nowhere
in vicious circle
not a prayer
stillborn
nonpractical
tedious
arid
flat
commonplace
no-good
of no value
unbeneficial
inoperable
pants
lacklustre
UK
dreary
monotonous
drab
unstimulating
prosaic
lifeless
humdrum
vacuous
vacant
unfilled
clear
lackluster
US
flimsy
junk
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Having little knowledge or experience of a particular skill or field of work
unpracticed
inexperienced
untrained
green
raw
new
unseasoned
unacquainted
unversed
unfledged
ignorant
unconversant
inexpert
innocent
untried
unschooled
amateur
unfamiliar
immature
unaccustomed
naive
unused
fresh
young
callow
uninitiated
unsophisticated
undisciplined
unworldly
tenderfoot
kid
rookie
sophomoric
prentice
verdant
rude
uninitiate
wet behind the ears
unfamiliar with
spring chicken
unskilled
unqualified
unproven
untutored
unpractised
untested
lacking experience
uninformed
juvenile
unripe
unripened
unformed
adolescent
puerile
wide-eyed
undeveloped
born yesterday
amateurish
unskillful
unlearned
unprofessional
nonprofessional
jackleg
underdeveloped
childlike
ingenuous
simple
artless
unsuspicious
unwary
unknowing
guileless
unsuspecting
youthful
naif
simpleminded
uncritical
credulous
unaffected
dewy
gullible
primitive
fledgling
dewy-eyed
trusting
natural
impressionable
jejune
as green as grass
childish
nescient
naïve
budding
trustful
unstudied
untaught
unpretentious
infant
oblivious
easily taken in
easy
unwitting
unaware
boyish
girlish
developing
unguarded
unsceptical
insensible
aw-shucks
incognizant
junior
over-trusting
exploitable
easily deceived
unconscious
naïf
uneducated
uncultivated
unpolished
unassuming
babyish
modest
unconversant with
inexperienced in
easily led
virgin
pubescent
susceptible
vernal
tender
spontaneous
open
confiding
clueless
unmindful
childly
unpretending
in the dark
like a babe in the woods
incomplete
unacquainted with
unfinished
unversed in
new to
unused to
unaccustomed to
a stranger to
tenderfooted
newly arrived
unpractised in
illiterate
unknowledgeable
novice
unbaked
sophomore
jellybean
crude
youngish
unrefined
unexperienced
virginal
unweaned
unenlightened
dupable
without airs
unwise
uninstructed
down-to-earth
deceivable
idealistic
little
young at heart
non-professional
not dry behind ears
gullable
half-grown
underage
unquestioning
believing
accepting
just starting out
silly
uncorrupted
pure
infantile
in the springtime of life
frivolous
newborn
over-trustful
not used
strange
a stranger
unenlightened about
strange to
ignorant of
easy mark
in the dark about
fresh to
nescient of
uninformed about
probationary
unread
vulnerable
not developed
kidstuff
maturing
overtrusting
undeceitful
unmellowed
first-time
imprudent
ordinary
uncomplicated
folksy
country
uncool
unartificial
clean
unready
fond
baby
not ripe
unschooled in
untutored in
homely
readily swallowing whole
readily taken in
readily falling for
wholesome
unadjusted
unacclimated
unadapted
corn-fed
humble
growing up
small
babe in woods
quiet
cute
shallow
unjaded
goshwow
goshwowboyoboy
quaint
plain
teenage
lowly
rustic
countrified
Panglossian
teenaged
simple-minded
starry-eyed
green as grass
benighted
simplistic
unhabituated to
not up to
not ready for
young-looking
early
growing
real
true
genuine
nonspecialized
untechnical
unspecialized
teen
newish
inconversant
blossoming
munchkin
blooming
cracker-barrel
honest-to-goodness
fleeceable
burgeoning
foolish
general
unskeptical
unproved
biting
unlicensed
sucker
mark
experimental
manipulatable
uncertificated
not aged
in one's salad days
not far advanced
dark
speculative
dilettante
unaware of
unskilled at
not versed
not versed in
unskilled in
uninitiated in
unchartered
lay
blind
falling hook line and sinker
tumbling for
taking the bait
taken in
kidding oneself
swallowing whole
incapable
being a sucker
wild
unattempted
non-technical
unestablished
exploratory
trial
not trained
generalized
US
generalised
UK
nonspecific
nontechnical
out of the loop
novel
unable to read and write
newcome
incompetent
conjectural
unessayed
prototype
in the experimental stage
a newbie to
too green
not given to
a newcomer to
not used to
inexperienced at
a novice at
not prepared
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Characterized by laziness, indolence, and a lack of ambition
shiftless
lazy
indolent
slothful
idle
apathetic
lethargic
lackadaisical
lifeless
slack
spiritless
unambitious
inattentive
workshy
worthless
unenergetic
incompetent
aimless
loafing
inefficient
unindustrious
unmotivated
laggard
irresponsible
unenterprising
dallying
lagging
procrastinating
feckless
improvident
directionless
ambitionless
good-for-nothing
lacking in ambition
no-account
no-good
useless
lousy
ne'er-do-well
careless
carefree
unreliable
unpurposed
wild
sluggish
listless
torpid
inert
languid
inactive
slow
languorous
passive
impassive
supine
otiose
indifferent
heavy
dull
unenthusiastic
fainéant
laid-back
enervated
work-shy
lax
bone idle
uninterested
comatose
easygoing
sleepy
drowsy
somnolent
dopey
slumberous
tired
negligent
insouciant
limp
leisurely
snoozy
quiescent
remiss
phlegmatic
leaden
lukewarm
lymphatic
stupefied
dormant
languishing
moony
blah
energyless
abstracted
slow-moving
hebetudinous
do-nothing
faineant
out of it
half-hearted
unmoved
uninspired
sluggard
plodding
motivationless
vigourless
vacant
lumpish
drony
resting
effete
mopish
absent
neutral
heedless
bored
out
drugged
slow-going
insensible
hibernating
stupid
stuporous
vegged out
out cold
lacking energy
out to lunch
unworksome
unoccupied
unproductive
unaspiring
parasitic
procrastinative
bone-idle
unconcerned
casual
disinterested
uncaring
offhand
slapdash
relaxed
pococurante
feeble
passionless
incurious
dreamy
Laodicean
bloodless
halfhearted
daydreaming
sentimental
romantic
slap-happy
laid back
laissez-faire
easy going
spring fever
weary
fatigued
dilatory
draggy
exhausted
stolid
lacklustre
UK
lackluster
US
narcotic
debilitated
sleepyhead
wimpy
unmoving
nebbish
stretchy
without energy
having spring fever
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Lamentably bad or poor in quality
dire
poor
lousy
bad
inferior
abysmal
unsatisfactory
deplorable
lamentable
mediocre
pathetic
miserable
crummy
shoddy
pitiful
dismal
diabolical
rubbish
sorry
sad
hopeless
woeful
contemptible
egregious
shabby
disastrous
sucky
ridiculous
derisory
absurd
ludicrous
silly
second-rate
third-rate
foolish-looking
inadequate
rotten
substandard
execrable
duff
awful
dreadful
terrible
appalling
abominable
atrocious
frightful
disappointing
laughable
a load of pants
useless
ropy
bum
poxy
chronic
disgraceful
pants
horrible
unacceptable
weak
bungling
pits
incompetent
horrendous
wretched
godawful
imperfect
deficient
ineffectual
odious
direful
trashy
junky
dissatisfactory
rubbishy
paltry
not up to par
wanting
lame
grotty
schlocky
god-awful
low-grade
ghastly
faulty
amateurish
negligent
defective
careless
worthless
unfortunate
God-awful
catastrophic
calamitous
regrettable
cataclysmic
shameful
punk
broken
inexpert
beastly
tragic
rueful
hideous
affecting
second-class
not up to scratch
not up to snuff
ineffective
incapable
crude
low
common
base
slipshod
inproficient
unproficient
very poor
very bad
schlock
tawdry
unable to do something to save one's life
unable to do something for toffee
a dead loss
no good
cheap-jack
grim
coarse
bargain-basement
poor-quality
abject
crumby
suboptimal
subpar
bush
cheap
cruddy
gimcrack
cheapjack
less than ideal
low-quality
bush-league
displeasing
less-than-stellar
found wanting
not okay
objectionable
lacking
not good enough
undesirable
unworthy
feeble
not acceptable
bereft
pitiable
two-bit
below par
low-rent
below standard
mean
under par
junk
nasty
lemon
tatty
despicable
ratty
sub-par
middling
average
below average
ordinary
insufficient
hack
grubby
disagreeable
dirty
detestable
ignominious
poorer
reprehensible
good-for-nothing
dime-a-dozen
scummy
scabby
sneaking
tinny
déclassé
indifferent
tacky
vile
not up to much
loathsome
discreditable
abhorrent
scurvy
disreputable
heinous
disgusting
cut-rate
revolting
offensive
shocking
wack
downmarket
horrid
dodgy
intolerable
tenth-rate
sordid
unsound
repugnant
dishonorable
US
grievous
el cheapo
repulsive
low-end
ignoble
the pits
dishonourable
UK
jerry-built
repellent
garbage
trumpery
flawed
subnormal
unexceptional
pedestrian
tinhorn
beyond contempt
poor quality
cheap and nasty
unspeakable
wicked
wrong
leaving much to be desired
horrifying
indefensible
sleazy
hateful
obnoxious
meager
US
meagre
UK
distasteful
rough
scandalous
cheesy
villainous
snide
grungy
low-down
beyond the pale
low-minded
no-good
insupportable
unprincipled
measly
unscrupulous
off
stinking
petty
cheapo
insufferable
currish
degrading
bodger
damnable
filthy
unsavoury
UK
unsavory
US
slimy
grody
naff
hellacious
not up to standard
inexcusable
cheapie
beneath contempt
below contempt
low-life
dirty rotten
tattered
outrageous
unforgivable
run-down
a dime a dozen
entry-level
no great shakes
bottom-rung
twopenny-halfpenny
not good
not much cop
monstrous
heartbreaking
distressing
iniquitous
inglorious
unpardonable
senseless
preposterous
unbearable
unconscionable
opprobrious
unjustifiable
criminal
unsuitable
puny
inadmissible
menial
insignificant
degenerate
condemnable
worse
reject
craptacular
sour
ill
despisable
disdainable
meretricious
hateworthy
scrubby
valueless
scurrilous
dud
irremediable
caitiff
nauseating
infamous
scungy
from hunger
weak sauce
kitsch
scroungy
pinchbeck
Brummagem
brassy
half-pie
piss-poor
two a penny
of a sort
rinky-dink
dime-store
unhappy
overwhelming
sickening
afflictive
unpleasant
uncomfortable
insubstantial
tinpot
dissatisfying
cowardly
ropey
repellant
wanky
outclassed
poorly
poopy
beggarly
swinish
outcast
crass
off-colour
UK
impermissible
inappropriate
fair
blah
gross
disturbing
disconcerting
amiss
disquieting
damaged
hellish
rancid
rebarbative
disgustful
loathly
ersatz
off-color
US
raunchy
downer
icky
diddly
bummer
stinky
bad news
fallacious
erroneous
not the best
for the birds
leaving a lot to be desired
derisible
well below par
squalid
low quality
bad quality
low cost
dilapidated
second class
end-of-the-pier
strictly for the birds
second-best
seedy
slummy
insalubrious
dingy
mangy
broken-down
run down
down at heel
scruffy
scuzzy
sinful
lesser
ramshackle
exceptionable
minor
lowly
bedraggled
decrepit
untidy
threadbare
rickety
worn-out
unkempt
neglected
dumpy
bombed-out
tumbledown
rundown
moth-eaten
beat-up
dog-eared
tatterdemalion
down-at-the-heels
down-at-heel
timeworn
censurable
humble
unpretentious
secondary
subordinate
reproachable
reprovable
subsidiary
second-string
undistinguished
unimportant
junior
small
subservient
unassuming
low-ranking
demeaning
ancillary
second-fiddle
little
smaller
reduced
bottom
slighter
lower
servile
lower-ranking
plebeian
humdrum
small-fry
minor-league
small-time
lower in status
beta
dinky
third-string
undersized
low-born
subjacent
lower in rank
unimpressive
dubious
questionable
back seat
less important
second-banana
beneath someone
below someone
under someone's heel
not very important
lower-class
not so important
out
inacceptable
second rate
of poor quality
of low quality
half-baked
not on
won't do
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Lacking strength of character to follow one's own principles
limp-wristed
weak
spineless
soft
effete
wimpish
wimpy
frail
weakling
weakened
nerveless
feeble
characterless
wet
invertebrate
ineffectual
ineffective
impotent
useless
wishy-washy
weak-kneed
namby-pamby
milk-and-water
irresolute
timid
cowardly
timorous
spiritless
pathetic
chicken
yellow-bellied
weedy
unassertive
indecisive
sissy
boneless
daft
sissified
wussy
nerdy
gutless
meek
fickle
weak-willed
passive
faltering
dithering
craven
tame
indeterminate
wavering
fallible
pusillanimous
vacillating
powerless
undetermined
lily-livered
faint-hearted
chicken-hearted
corruptible
hemming and hawing
supine
unreliable
unsure
waffling
yellow
yielding
easily led
undependable
fearful
recreant
cowering
candy-assed
poor-spirited
shrinking
chicken-livered
submissive
dastardly
afraid
unheroic
quaking
chickenhearted
nervous
trembling
pigeon-hearted
poltroon
hesitant
frightened
apprehensive
milk-livered
scared
tentative
shy
listless
abject
enervated
fainthearted
doubtful
insipid
uncertain
jittery
weak-minded
diffident
retiring
anxious
equivocating
limp
languid
uncommitted
halting
undecided
caitiff
panicky
pigeonhearted
dismayed
lacking courage
unmanly
infirm
cowed
cringey
unenthusiastic
hesitating
unresolved
vapid
compliant
jejune
mediocre
sapless
mousy
base
half-hearted
mousey
sookie
cowhearted
backward
worthless
milksoppish
impressionable
easily frightened
tremulous
daunted
skittish
pithless
feckless
cringing
white-livered
paper tiger
no guts
running scared
changeable
having the willies
teetering
divided
ambivalent
intimidated
fluctuating
insecure
torn
shaky
unassured
iffy
shilly-shallying
unstable
having cold feet
in two minds
sitting on the fence
in a quandary
in a dilemma
blowing hot and cold
passionless
simpering
colourless
UK
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US
petrified
unexcited
debilitated
epicene
swishy
snowflake
coward
niddering
poltroonish
errant
jumpy
nervy
imperfect
erring
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spooked
stumbling
feart
equivocal
ignoble
emasculated
squeamish
lame
pliable
afraid of one's own shadow
forceless
emasculate
dishonourable
UK
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US
gentle
browbeaten
Milquetoast
capricious
bullied
unnerved
easily scared
pussyfooting
weak of mind
uneventful
astraddle
unclear
hot and cold
of two minds
on the fence
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afraid of one's shadow
scary
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fearsome
apathetic
indifferent
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persuasible
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bloodless
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waxen
languorous
self-conscious
self-doubting
lacking assurance
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approval-seeking
not confident
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lacking in confidence
lacking confidence
unimpassioned
obedient
draggy
unmoved
subdued
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acquiescent
low
dopey
inanimate
deferential
feeble-minded
unresisting
lacking in vitality
unprotesting
without guts
unsteady
reverent
unsettled
doubting
changing
halfhearted
wobbly
on-the-fence
in doubt
full of doubt
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Not very convincing
flimsy
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weak
poor
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feeble
lame
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shallow
pathetic
incredible
inconceivable
superficial
unpersuasive
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controvertible
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trifling
inane
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transparent
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tenuous
baseless
ungrounded
groundless
unreasonable
thin
improbable
questionable
suspect
unsound
unlikely
fanciful
doubtful
dubious
incredulous
uncompelling
far-fetched
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hard to swallow
unthinkable
unimaginable
half-baked
insubstantial
fishy
untenable
beyond belief
difficult to believe
cock-and-bull
full of holes
meager
US
vapid
tame
sketchy
flat
meagre
UK
ineffectual
unrealistic
phony
US
phoney
UK
impossible
fantastical
fantastic
unconceivable
unreal
outlandish
preposterous
hard to believe
not convincing
infeasible
incogitable
reaching
flakey
US
flaky
UK
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threadbare
weak-kneed
fairy-tale
erroneous
unsupported
fallacious
false
unbacked
specious
strained
assailable
contemptible
remote
ponderous
forced
labored
US
laboured
UK
indecisive
lacking substance
ill-founded
unimpressive
strange
half-hearted
hard to take
full of it
hollow
faulty
faltering
extraordinary
astonishing
staggering
amazing
harebrained
kooky
screwy
cockamamie
scatterbrained
cockeyed
lamebrained
past belief
for the birds
mind-boggling
jaw-dropping
mind-blowing
too much
won't hold water
eye-popping
won't wash
more ❯
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