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incompetently

How many syllables in incompetently?

  5 syllables

Divide incompetently into syllables:   in-com-pe-tent-ly
Stressed syllable in incompetently:   in-com-pe-tent-ly
How to say incompetently:

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Synonyms for incompetently


3 syllables
  • ineptly
    5 syllables
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