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incompetent

How many syllables in incompetent?

  4 syllables

Divide incompetent into syllables:   in-com-pe-tent
Stressed syllable in incompetent:   in-com-pe-tent
How to pronounce incompetent:   in-kom-pi-tent
How to say incompetent:

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Synonyms for incompetent


2 syllables
  • feckless
  • unfit
  • inept
  • useless
3 syllables
4 syllables
5 syllables
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