Qualities
Synonyms for incompetent
One audited sense, one true synonym, and three words that come close enough to cost you the rung.
not doing a good job
Incompetent at chess.
The true synonym
unskilled
Same sentence, swapped: Unskilled at chess.
Close but different
These are the other three tiles the game puts on screen for this sense. Each one is a real word with a real meaning, and none of them is a synonym for incompetent as it is used in the sentence above.
- lacking
- unarmed
- petty
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Closest first: other qualities words at High Camp, then the same tier across the rest of the library.
defectnounshortcominga failing or deficiencyHigh CampHas a reason linedefinitiveadjectiveauthoritativeof recognized authority or excellenceHigh Camp2 sensesHas a reason linedelinquencynounderelictiona tendency to be negligent and uncaringHigh Campdifficultadjectiveunmanageablehard to controlHigh Campironicadjectivedryhumorously sarcastic or mockingTreelineirrefutableadjectivepositiveimpossible to deny or disproveRidgelineirregularadjectiveunorthodoxindependent in behavior or thoughtRidgeline2 senseslazyadjectiveindolentdisinclined to work or exertionHigh Camp
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