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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
Characterized by laziness, indolence, and a lack of ambition
Lamentably bad or poor in quality
Showing no strength of character
Badly thought out
Muddleheaded or confusing
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
inelegant
gawky
incompetent
unco
unskillful
oafish
stumbling
unpolished
clodhopping
handless
amateurish
ponderous
gawkish
left-handed
like a bull in a china shop
gangling
coarse
indelicate
unskilled
cloddish
tactless
unrefined
stiff
uncouth
clownish
unsophisticated
unwieldy
inefficient
unsubtle
useless
lubberly
untactful
green
shambling
rude
gruff
indiscreet
careless
harsh
rash
unadept
bovine
injudicious
hasty
vulgar
clunky
crass
undiplomatic
impolitic
with two left feet
foolish
muddled
inapt
two left feet
lumpish
boorish
blunderous
fumbling
floundering
unfit
brash
labored
US
laboured
UK
imprudent
cumbersome
heavy-footed
loutish
unpolitic
having two left feet
having two left hands
hulking
unsteady
flat-footed
stilted
inexperienced
accident-prone
rough-hewn
not agile
all thumbs
rough-and-tumble
botching
mutton-fisted
untrained
inadept
unproficient
raw
unworkmanlike
fumbly
slouching
coltish
unfortunate
laborious
stolid
skill-less
ill-bred
out of your depth
clunking
unwise
uncivil
sharp
inadvisable
blunt
bulky
stupid
unperceptive
unthinking
faltering
claudicant
slow
halting
limping
uneven
hobbling
insensitive
inconsiderate
thoughtless
simple
ill-judged
ill-advised
primitive
rustic
rudimentary
plain
rough and ready
jerry-rigged
jerry-built
jury-rigged
rough-and-ready
tasteless
callous
heavy
straightforward
precipitate
elephantine
untalented
uneasy
uncomfortable
rustical
uncultured
churlish
uncultivated
uneducated
ill-mannered
shy
gross
uncivilized
US
lumpen
common
socially awkward
discourteous
hick
philistine
lowbred
provincial
impolite
uncivilised
UK
doltish
unworldly
bashful
dull
low
barbaric
geeky
sheepish
ungentlemanly
makeshift
bearish
nerdy
insensible
roughneck
lowbrow
raffish
rugged
incult
illiberal
unladylike
hillbilly
classless
unmannerly
barbarous
slow-moving
slobbish
yobbish
backwoods
inurbane
socially inept
loud
ignorant
Neanderthal
bad-mannered
socially anxious
socially incompetent
socially lacking
self-conscious
ill at ease
shuffling
unnatural
lurching
ambilevous
lethargic
obtuse
guileless
naive
ingenuous
unconfident
uptight
discomposed
puddingy
parochial
agrestic
callow
lumpy
embarrassed
unwieldly
clumpy
nervous
splay
nervy
gangly
unsavoury
UK
unsavory
US
ungracious
socially unsure
brutish
thuggish
lacking in social grace
lacking in social graces
countrified
ocker
plebby
base
swinish
ornery
cantankerous
unpoised
out-of-line
dorky
weak
wasteful
unsystematic
uneconomical
profligate
deficient
purposeless
uncomplicated
elementary
basic
plebeian
hooligan
undeveloped
unprocessed
savage
ungenteel
indecorous
impertinent
ungallant
disrespectful
unseemly
disgracious
time-wasting
badly arranged
inartistic
roughly-made
offensive
barbarian
improper
imperfect
rudimental
roughly made
approximate
unprecise
roughhewn
unfinished
inexact
imprecise
unfashioned
raunchy
foul-mouthed
uncalled-for
loud-mouthed
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
amateur
inexperienced
untrained
bungling
unprofessional
maladroit
blundering
clumsy
awkward
ineffective
unequipped
raw
floundering
green
uninitiated
nonprofessional
unpracticed
no good
hopeless
jackleg
crude
dilettante
dilettantish
unhandy
deficient
gauche
unsuitable
new
not equal to
unfledged
unapt
unpractised
bumbling
undependable
unreliable
unacquainted
fresh
weak
unschooled
unseasoned
unversed
not cut out for
unprepared
unconversant
untried
slipshod
botched
cack-handed
naive
ham-fisted
unsophisticated
disqualified
young
unaccustomed
undisciplined
sophomoric
not good enough
rude
poor
cowboy
unfamiliar
not up to
innocent
ineligible
insufficient
immature
shoddy
ignorant
callow
skill-less
inproficient
tenderfoot
kid
rookie
sloppy
prentice
inefficacious
unworldly
lacking ability
unused
fumbling
verdant
wet behind the ears
spring chicken
unfamiliar with
bush-league
not up to snuff
lacking experience
can't hack it
pathetic
unsuited
hapless
unproven
ham-handed
untutored
slapdash
bodged
fumbled
bad
untested
impotent
uninitiate
incapacitated
a dead loss
not much cop
leaving much to be desired
unaccomplished
not up to it
ill-equipped
not cut out
untalented
unrehearsed
incompatible
improficient
hack
flakey
US
flaky
UK
backwards
bum
botching
feckless
shiftless
feeble
worthless
insipid
heavy-handed
butterfingered
talentless
all thumbs
untaught
bush
butterfingers
careless
half-baked
can't cut it
all fingers and thumbs
not equipped to
couldn't organize a piss-up in a brewery
suboptimal
subpar
not qualified
undeveloped
unequal to the task
non-qualified
out of your depth
uninformed
uncultivated
negligent
not know one's arse from one's elbow
not prepared
juvenile
incapable of
unqualified for
untrained for
incompetent at
unable to do something
out of one's element
can't make the grade
unpolished
lacking finesse
without finesse
unlearned
unripe
unripened
unformed
adolescent
puerile
underdeveloped
born yesterday
wide-eyed
helpless
unadapted
farcical
less capable
out to lunch
not have it
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
untimely
ill-advised
unbefitting
unsuited
out of keeping
inopportune
ill-timed
unseasonable
unacceptable
undue
unwarranted
awkward
ill-suited
discordant
inexpedient
inapplicable
tactless
tasteless
inadvisable
indelicate
injudicious
ill-judged
irregular
inharmonious
undesirable
misplaced
ill-considered
uncalled-for
incompatible
discrepant
lacking in propriety
inadmissible
odd
imprudent
unfortunate
indecent
unladylike
ungentlemanly
at odds
bad form
in bad taste
out of the way
out of order
inadequate
undignified
irrelevant
erroneous
indiscreet
unprofessional
preposterous
inaccurate
clumsy
regrettable
abnormal
impolite
misguided
ineligible
ludicrous
disproportionate
discreditable
malodorous
out-of-place
out-of-season
gauche
off-base
in poor taste
beyond the pale
inconsistent
clashing
jarring
contradictory
dissonant
extraneous
coarse
disreputable
rude
immodest
inapropos
uncouth
unworthy
unfair
unmannerly
impolitic
vulgar
rough
ungodly
uncalled for
maladroit
not proper
insensitive
uncomely
ill-fitted
unfitted
ill-adapted
out of line
unworthy of
ill-chosen
impertinent
immaterial
incautious
unconventional
offensive
out-of-the-way
irrelative
wry
misdirected
improprietous
funny
off-balance
detrimental
inconvenient
inconsonant
off
untactful
unhandsome
tacky
unlovely
salacious
not done
left-field
foot-in-mouth
way off
immoral
unvirtuous
loose
wanton
ill-bred
shameless
illogical
disparate
unwelcome
disagreeable
irrational
unreasonable
unmatched
senseless
not pertinent
not germane
unflattering
interfering
unorthodox
boorish
churlish
ill-mannered
discourteous
erring
aberrant
obstructive
unhelpful
wrong-headed
uncivil
shocking
unrefined
not good enough
out of character
premature
disadvantageous
early
mistimed
hasty
poor
crass
tawdry
ruffian
shameful
raffish
inelegant
crude
cheap
rowdy
misjudged
intrusive
unfavorable
US
unfavourable
UK
stupid
slow
incompetent
dull
unnecessary
unjustified
illegitimate
inefficient
uncool
useless
ineffective
inexpert
unjustifiable
badly timed
undeserved
unmerited
not designed
false
unjust
inexperienced
unhandy
unfacile
flat
jejune
inadept
unmeet
undexterous
unproficient
insipid
banal
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
needless
fulsome
superfluous
unneeded
underhanded
sinister
unwarrantable
illegal
not suitable
conflicting
non-essential
unrelated
unconnected
not required
irreconcilable
contrary
disconsonant
divergent
uncoordinated
incoherent
incongruent
unbalanced
distorted
lopsided
alien
incongruitous
off-key
not in harmony
in opposition
standing out a mile
sticking out a mile
like a fish out of water
scandalous
unpropitious
disgraceful
objectionable
adverse
inauspicious
low
outrageous
indefensible
distasteful
inexcusable
gross
mortifying
humiliating
uncultivated
unpolished
dishonourable
UK
discommodious
unpromising
degrading
ignominious
common
uncultured
demeaning
shaming
opposed
not on
troublesome
lowbrow
lowbred
rugged
roughneck
incult
unlucky
illiberal
negative
dishonorable
US
threatening
destructive
loutish
rough-hewn
debasing
bad
damaging
unsophisticated
inglorious
belittling
lowering
cheapening
ignoble
unceremonious
insensible
intolerable
yobbish
ominous
calamitous
excessive
deplorable
uncivilized
US
gratuitous
groundless
unsatisfactory
unforgivable
unpardonable
barbaric
disrespectful
unconscionable
philistine
plebeian
ungallant
bad-mannered
ill
ungrounded
barbarous
unadvantageous
cloddish
over the fence
not cricket
raunchy
abject
uncivilised
UK
insupportable
sorry
suggestive
wretched
unwholesome
exceptionable
prejudicial
base
inconducive
beneath one's dignity
counter
harmful
too much
rustic
grey
UK
harsh
oafish
hooligan
provincial
inordinate
savage
bearish
primitive
immoderate
gray
US
disparaging
ungenteel
ungainly
disgracious
gloomy
classless
gawky
hick
hillbilly
backwoods
barbarian
ignorant
clodhopping
slobbish
antagonistic
not quite the thing
against the rules
raw
Neanderthal
loud
plebby
very bad
out-of-order
bothersome
incommodious
out of turn
contrary to the rules
trying
foul-mouthed
difficult
discommoding
loud-mouthed
uncomplimentary
over-the-top
not the done thing
a bit much
unprovoked
disappointing
unequipped
unscrupulous
mismatched
uneducated
unprincipled
unfriendly
inimical
hostile
dreadful
unqualified
crooked
ill-matched
common as muck
shady
ungracious
illiterate
unethical
inconsiderate
out of its element
unprepared
baseborn
lowbrowed
thoughtless
naughty
dodgy
low-born
low-minded
unprofitable
testing
tough
disastrous
challenging
prohibitive
unmannered
unthinkable
negligent
not okay
unfitting to
improper to
out of place with
out of character with
unbecoming to
untouchable
disapproved
dirty
taboo
anachronistic
abortive
frowned on
disapproved of
clownish
out-of-date
discomfiting
trashy
undiplomatic
disturbing
infra dig
distressing
upsetting
beneath you
lacking dignity
heavy-handed
hideous
outlandish
unclassy
disconcerting
off-colour
UK
flustering
off-color
US
low-down-and-dirty
low-down
troubling
compromising
delicate
toe-curling
excruciating
discomposing
dishonoring
US
discountenancing
embarrassing
dishonouring
UK
blush-making
agitating
rattling
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
ridiculous
moronic
irrational
inane
unintelligent
mindless
imbecilic
ludicrous
illogical
unreasonable
thoughtless
damfool
imprudent
dim-witted
barmy
dumb
chowderheaded
empty-headed
ill-advised
irresponsible
reckless
pointless
crackbrained
hare-brained
doltish
lamebrained
birdbrained
thickheaded
dopey
gormless
foolhardy
indiscreet
bizarre
dotish
glaikit
wild
screwy
feebleminded
rash
batty
dim
clueless
loopy
dunderheaded
ill-considered
goofy
impractical
potty
scatterbrained
injudicious
odd
laughable
thick
unsound
imbecile
puerile
giddy
cockamamie
immature
slow-witted
cretinous
careless
divvy
dof
eccentric
unreasoning
unconsidered
unreasoned
pea-brained
feather-brained
idiotical
wooden-headed
clownish
nonrational
lamebrain
strange
risible
heedless
vacuous
madcap
unstable
pinheaded
improvident
chuckleheaded
incautious
simple
short-sighted
weird
fantastic
brain-dead
childish
halfwitted
boneheaded
blockheaded
unthinking
out to lunch
oddball
impolitic
dense
dull
soft
nuts
hasty
wacko
misguided
obtuse
dopy
slow
softheaded
impulsive
farcical
peculiar
queer
outlandish
cockamamy
meaningless
futile
negligent
unconventional
naive
impracticable
fruitless
incongruous
thick-witted
flighty
unrealistic
infantile
unusual
ignorant
fantastical
fanciful
off the wall
scatty
unreal
braindead
muttonheaded
ill-conceived
dozy
cock-eyed
inconsistent
dappy
off beam
as daft as a brush
fat-headed
bathetic
defective
rattlebrained
unsteady
changeable
inappropriate
inadvisable
implausible
untenable
tearaway
featherbrained
flakey
US
flaky
UK
erratic
frivolous
unsafe
unthinkable
callow
goofy loony
donkeyish
obstinate
insipid
off the beam
out of the question
bugged out
mentally incompetent
credulous
retarded
green
addle-brained
undesirable
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
demented
unhinged
deranged
unbalanced
crazed
psychotic
bonkers
cracked
mental
certifiable
crackers
loco
gaga
touched
disturbed
bats
frenzied
distraught
meshuga
psychopathic
distracted
sectionable
raving
bananas
delirious
frantic
manic
barking
hysterical
nutso
buggy
squirrelly
nutsy
schizoid
bushed
porangi
yarra
idiosyncratic
twisted
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
funny
nutty as a fruitcake
barking mad
foaming at the mouth
curious
mad as a March hare
quirky
round the twist
offbeat
stark staring mad
up the pole
not the full shilling
not right in the head
freaky
not quite right in the head
not right upstairs
quaint
grotesque
have a screw loose
bizarro
have bats in the belfry
unworkable
have kangaroos in the top paddock
freakish
mentally unbalanced
queerish
out of one's head
gonzo
fruity
comic
way-out
off-centre
far out
off-the-wall
far-out
off-kilter
off-center
out-of-the-way
in left field
out in left field
unsmart
bonehead
vapid
dizzy
ditzy
dull-witted
frothy
ditsy
yeasty
dunce-like
slow on the uptake
lightheaded
gullible
light-headed
bovine
light-minded
soft in the head
superficial
pig-ignorant
flippant
shallow
skittish
stolid
thick as two short planks
whacko
cranky
empty
vacant
derisory
outrageous
maniacal
trifling
deficient
incoherent
pathetic
psycho
derisive
haywire
wrong
vain
whimsical
impossible
ill-judged
juvenile
flip
thick-skulled
wooden
inconsequential
facetious
illegitimate
blockish
inconsequent
dreamy
groundless
unjustifiable
thick-headed
meshugge
brainsick
bughouse
maniac
moonstruck
bedlam
contradictory
wud
comical
unscientific
glib
aberrant
looney tunes
loony tunes
crass
doolally
useless
insensate
hollow
sluggish
ill-thought-out
nonserious
wishy-washy
fickle
far-fetched
unfounded
non-serious
lacking seriousness
very stupid
specious
out there
bird-brained
off your trolley
arbitrary
non-viable
idealistic
romantic
illiterate
reasonless
off your head
off one's gourd
around the bend
sophistic
simplistic
visionary
utopian
extravagant
delusory
uneducated
flawed
confused
faulty
incorrect
trivial
unfeasible
flimsy
facile
unpractical
perverse
unschooled
lumpish
improbable
capricious
untaught
dimwitted
light
unserviceable
risky
neglectful
cloddish
unmindful
perky
oversimplified
uncritical
quixotic
perfectionist
boorish
piddling
unscholarly
chimerical
inoperable
lightweight
unintellectual
Boeotian
theoretical
unglued
disordered
berserk
without thought
unworldly
unbusinesslike
inefficacious
off the air
numskulled
petty
without foundation
without basis
not making sense
impetuous
starry-eyed
bemused
ivory-tower
not sensible
mentally deficient
mentally handicapped
off your rocker
not intelligent
out of one's mind
off one's nut
doty
harum-scarum
extraordinary
nerdish
ill-mannered
nonliterate
rum
idiotish
unlearned
benighted
stupefied
all wet
atypical
deviant
childlike
insensitive
analphabetic
uninstructed
forgetful
hebetudinous
galumphing
slapstick
smoothbrained
bone-headed
precipitate
untypical
unlettered
unread
dummy
embarrassing
uncomprehending
anencephalic
anencephalous
Mickey Mouse
addle-pated
shortsighted
loggerheaded
clottish
out of the ordinary
unheeding
incomprehensible
unintelligible
untutored
rude
dark
blithering
blunt
remiss
lethargic
torpid
fatheaded
impassive
poor
numbskulled
feeble
purposeless
false
worthless
flat
innocuous
unmeaning
mentally slow
not bright
spurious
slow on uptake
excitable
bad
foolishly stupid
erroneous
woodenheaded
know-nothing
oblivious
devoid of intelligence
deluded
unjustified
insouciant
carefree
unwitting
smooth-brained
idiot
not well thought out
unattainable
worthy of scorn
baseless
unusable
pea-brain
infeasible
wrong-headed
excited
absent-minded
nonpractical
schematic
insubstantial
flipped
schizo
nonviable
sophistical
idle
over-optimistic
nonfunctional
unrealizable
neurotic
schitzy
cursory
surface
sketchy
counterintuitive
disconnected
disjointed
soppy
unviable
casuistic
rabid
uncontrolled
off your chump
off the rails
otherworldly
not in your right mind
inconclusive
psychopathological
schizophrenic
unsubstantial
Panglossian
delusive
overoptimistic
skin-deep
one-dimensional
paltry
derailed
moonstricken
unsettled
paranoid
sociopathic
irreconcilable
speculative
abstract
idealist
unproved
demoniac
raging
sick
dazed
off
irrelevant
unconnected
muddled
quixotical
a few cards shy of a full deck
as mad as a March hare
flipped out
deprived of one's wits
one card shy of a full deck
manic-depressive
crazy as a loon
over the edge
non compos
severely mentally ill
one sandwich short of a picnic
a few sandwiches short of a picnic
out of one's tree
not of sound mind
in another world
mentally deranged
out of one's gourd
having a screw loose
in a daze
with a screw loose
off the deep end
as mad as a hatter
in the ozone
having kangaroos in the top paddock
flipped-out
fond
foolishly optimistic
starry
self-contradictory
beyond belief
not following
unaware
daydreaming
beyond the bounds of possibility
won't fly
no-go
spaced-out
valueless
imaginary
undemanding
ineffectual
dreaming
chivalrous
ineffective
unlikely
besotted
nonrealistic
gone
reachy
not applicable
blue sky
wise
cute
pert
smart
blithe
clever
ironic
irreverent
sarcastic
punning
dry
smarty-pants
indecorous
smart-aleck
smart-alecky
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
lacking
substandard
deficient
meaningless
bad
unsatisfactory
expendable
imperfect
unpurposed
unusable
inexpert
unskilful
unproficient
stupid
disadvantageous
inapt
not good enough
of no use
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
amateurish
unequal
bum
inproficient
wanting
lousy
unqualified
nonfunctional
unfunctional
faulty
duff
defective
impractical
dysfunctional
scrap
waste
lacking ability
a dead loss
unavailable
unworkable
impracticable
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
inactive
bungled
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
stymied
silent
not working
botched
wasteful
dry
hindered
stonewalled
obstructed
unconstructive
uncreative
unyieldly
blocked
unprolific
aimless
vapid
misfired
gainless
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
failing
uneconomic
adverse
unnecessary
maladaptive
miscarried
rotten
bungling
undesirable
forlorn
dysregulated
improvident
frustaneous
unlucrative
scant
self-sabotaging
nonconstructive
turned off
not in use
out of service
out of use
self-destructive
thankless
needless
spoilt
UK
ruined
spoiled
US
dull
cramped
inane
inconsequential
uninformative
shooting blanks
resultless
exhausted
unneeded
messed up
boring
insubstantial
motiveless
time-wasting
no use
chaffy
cheap
banal
no-win
puny
misleading
slight
unnotable
delusory
stale
uninspiring
without rhyme or reason
no good to gundy
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
▲
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
otiose
supine
impassive
heavy
dull
indifferent
work-shy
unenthusiastic
enervated
bone idle
fainéant
laid-back
lax
uninterested
comatose
easygoing
sleepy
tired
snoozy
drowsy
somnolent
slow-moving
do-nothing
dopey
slumberous
negligent
insouciant
limp
leisurely
quiescent
remiss
phlegmatic
leaden
lukewarm
lymphatic
stupefied
dormant
languishing
moony
blah
energyless
abstracted
hebetudinous
faineant
out of it
half-hearted
sluggard
unmoved
uninspired
motivationless
vigourless
vacant
effete
mopish
plodding
absent
neutral
heedless
bored
out
drugged
insensible
hibernating
lumpish
drony
resting
stupid
stuporous
vegged out
out cold
lacking energy
out to lunch
slow-going
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
tinny
sneaking
déclassé
tacky
indifferent
vile
not up to much
loathsome
discreditable
abhorrent
scurvy
disreputable
heinous
disgusting
cut-rate
revolting
offensive
shocking
wack
downmarket
horrid
dodgy
tenth-rate
intolerable
sordid
unsound
repugnant
dishonorable
US
el cheapo
jerry-built
grievous
repulsive
low-end
ignoble
the pits
dishonourable
UK
repellent
garbage
flawed
subnormal
unexceptional
pedestrian
trumpery
tinhorn
beyond contempt
poor quality
cheap and nasty
unspeakable
wicked
wrong
leaving much to be desired
horrifying
indefensible
hateful
sleazy
obnoxious
meager
US
meagre
UK
distasteful
rough
scandalous
villainous
snide
cheesy
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
no great shakes
tattered
outrageous
not much cop
unforgivable
run-down
a dime a dozen
entry-level
bottom-rung
twopenny-halfpenny
not good
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
piss-poor
caitiff
nauseating
infamous
scungy
half-pie
from hunger
weak sauce
kitsch
scroungy
pinchbeck
Brummagem
brassy
two a penny
of a sort
rinky-dink
dime-store
unhappy
overwhelming
sickening
afflictive
unpleasant
uncomfortable
insubstantial
tinpot
commonplace
dissatisfying
cowardly
ropey
end-of-the-pier
repellant
wanky
outclassed
poorly
poopy
beggarly
swinish
outcast
crass
off-colour
UK
impermissible
inappropriate
second-best
fair
blah
gross
disturbing
disconcerting
amiss
disquieting
damaged
strictly for the birds
hellish
rancid
rebarbative
disgustful
loathly
ersatz
off-color
US
second class
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
seedy
slummy
insalubrious
dingy
mangy
broken-down
run down
down at heel
scruffy
scuzzy
lesser
sinful
ramshackle
minor
lowly
exceptionable
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
humble
unpretentious
secondary
subordinate
censurable
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
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
▲
Showing no strength of character
wet
soft
weak
effete
feeble
spineless
ineffectual
timorous
weedy
wimpish
wimpy
ineffective
timid
boneless
characterless
cowardly
frail
invertebrate
nerveless
pathetic
sissified
sissy
spiritless
weakened
weakling
chicken
daft
irresolute
nerdy
wussy
limp-wristed
weak-kneed
wishy-washy
milk-and-water
namby-pamby
yellow-bellied
useless
impotent
inadequate
unassertive
indecisive
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
candy-assed
cowering
recreant
poor-spirited
chicken-livered
shrinking
quaking
pigeon-hearted
submissive
afraid
dastardly
trembling
unheroic
chickenhearted
nervous
poltroon
hesitant
milk-livered
frightened
scared
apprehensive
tentative
abject
shy
listless
enervated
fainthearted
doubtful
insipid
uncertain
diffident
jittery
weak-minded
retiring
anxious
equivocating
limp
languid
uncommitted
halting
unmanly
caitiff
undecided
panicky
pigeonhearted
dismayed
cowed
lacking courage
impressionable
infirm
cringey
unenthusiastic
hesitating
unresolved
vapid
daunted
easily frightened
compliant
jejune
mediocre
sapless
base
pithless
mousy
half-hearted
sookie
cowhearted
backward
worthless
mousey
skittish
tremulous
milksoppish
feckless
intimidated
cringing
white-livered
paper tiger
no guts
running scared
changeable
having the willies
teetering
divided
ambivalent
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
colorless
US
coward
petrified
jumpy
feart
easily scared
nervy
unexcited
mean-spirited
debilitated
pliable
epicene
spooked
niddering
swishy
snowflake
poltroonish
funky
coy
errant
imperfect
erring
flawed
resistless
stumbling
equivocal
ignoble
emasculated
lame
afraid of one's own shadow
dishonourable
UK
dishonorable
US
squeamish
gentle
browbeaten
Milquetoast
capricious
bullied
unnerved
forceless
emasculate
scary
fearsome
pussyfooting
weak of mind
waxen
uneventful
astraddle
unclear
hot and cold
of two minds
on the fence
without a will of your own
afraid of one's shadow
slack-spined
apathetic
indifferent
unconfident
persuasible
persuadable
bloodless
wooden
languorous
self-conscious
self-doubting
lacking assurance
lacking self-confidence
approval-seeking
not confident
not self-assured
lacking in confidence
lacking confidence
unimpassioned
obedient
draggy
unmoved
subdued
tractable
unconcerned
droopy
biddable
slothful
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
hot-and-cold
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Badly thought out
ill-chosen
adverse
afflicted
awkward
broken
burdened
calamitous
cursed
damaging
deplorable
desperate
destitute
disastrous
doomed
forsaken
hapless
hopeless
ill-fated
ill-starred
in a bad way
inappropriate
infelicitous
inopportune
jinxed
lamentable
luckless
out of luck
pained
poor
regrettable
ruined
ruinous
shattered
star-crossed
stricken
troubled
unbecoming
unfavorable
US
unfavourable
UK
unhappy
unpropitious
unprosperous
unsuccessful
unsuitable
untoward
wretched
Adjective
▲
Muddleheaded or confusing
muddleheaded
confusing
disordered
illogical
impractical
ineffective
random
unclear
Adjective
▲
Not very convincing
flimsy
unconvincing
weak
poor
inadequate
feeble
lame
unbelievable
shallow
pathetic
incredible
inconceivable
superficial
unpersuasive
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