Not competent; wanting in adequate strength, power, capacity, means, qualifications, or the like; incapable; unable; inadequate; unfit.
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Bade.
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Bade.
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Spiritless; weak; worthless.
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Spiritless; weak; worthless.
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Not adequate; unequal to the purpose; insufficient; deficient; as, inadequate resources, power, conceptions, representations, etc.
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Not adequate; unequal to the purpose; insufficient; deficient; as, inadequate resources, power, conceptions, representations, etc.
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Not effective; ineffectual; futile; inefficient; useless; as, an ineffective appeal.
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Not effective; ineffectual; futile; inefficient; useless; as, an ineffective appeal.
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Not efficient; not producing the effect intended or desired; inefficacious; as, inefficient means or measures.
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Not efficient; not producing the effect intended or desired; inefficacious; as, inefficient means or measures.
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Not apt or fit; unfit; unsuitable; improper; unbecoming.
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Not apt or fit; unfit; unsuitable; improper; unbecoming.
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Not equal; not matched; not of the same size, length, breadth, quantity, strength, talents, acquirements, age, station, or the like; as, the fingers…
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Not equal; not matched; not of the same size, length, breadth, quantity, strength, talents, acquirements, age, station, or the like; as, the fingers…
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One who is apt to blunder.
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One who mends or patches, esp. a tailor or cobbler.
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A clumsy, awkward workman; one who bungles.
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One who slaughters animals, or dresses their flesh for market; one whose occupation it is to kill animals for food.
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One who fumbles.
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A hanging down of the head; a drooping attitude; a limp appearance; an ungainly, clownish gait; a sidewise depression or hanging down, as of a hat br…
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One who stumbles.
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Alt. of Incompetency
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Alt. of Incompetency
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The quality or state of being incompetent; want of physical, intellectual, or moral ability; insufficiency; inadequacy; as, the incompetency of a chi…
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The quality or state of being incompetent; want of physical, intellectual, or moral ability; insufficiency; inadequacy; as, the incompetency of a chi…
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Wanting in ability or qualification for the purpose or end in view; not large enough to contain or hold; deficient in physical strength, mental or mo…
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Wanting in ability or qualification for the purpose or end in view; not large enough to contain or hold; deficient in physical strength, mental or mo…
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Not efficient; not producing the effect intended or desired; inefficacious; as, inefficient means or measures.
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Not efficient; not producing the effect intended or desired; inefficacious; as, inefficient means or measures.
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of Bungle
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Stiff or benumbed, as with cold.
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of Fumble
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Wanting in ability or qualification for the purpose or end in view; not large enough to contain or hold; deficient in physical strength, mental or mo…
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Answering to all requirements; adequate; sufficient; suitable; capable; legally qualified; fit.
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Answering to all requirements; adequate; sufficient; suitable; capable; legally qualified; fit.
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