What does incompetently mean?

incompetently means "in an incompetent manner".

How many syllables are in incompetently?

incompetently has 5 syllables: in-com-pe-tent-ly. The stress falls on "com". In IPA it is /ˌɪnˈkɑmpətəntli/.

What is another word for incompetently?

Close synonyms include displaying incompetence. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

What is the opposite of incompetently?

The recorded antonyms are competently.

Is incompetently a common word?

incompetently is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

incompetently — meaning, pronunciation and definition

adverb

1 senseA word that modifies a verb, adjective or other adverb.

1.
in an incompetent manner
“he did the job rather incompetently”
Synonymsdisplaying incompetence
Antonymscompetently

Questions about incompetently

What does incompetently mean?: incompetently means "in an incompetent manner".
How many syllables are in incompetently?: incompetently has 5 syllables: in-com-pe-tent-ly. The stress falls on "com". In IPA it is /ˌɪnˈkɑmpətəntli/.
What is another word for incompetently?: Close synonyms include displaying incompetence. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

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