competent
Definition: (adjective) having the skill and knowledge needed for a particular task; capable
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unsound
adjective
- Not physically strong: decrepit, delicate, feeble, flimsy, fragile, frail, infirm, insubstantial, puny, unsubstantial, weak, weakly. See
strong
- Afflicted with or exhibiting irrationality and mental unsoundness: brainsick, crazy, daft, demented, disordered, distraught, dotty, insane, lunatic, mad, maniac, maniacal, mentally ill, moonstruck, off, touched, unbalanced, wrong.
Informal: bonkers, cracked, daffy, gaga, loony.
Slang: bananas, batty, buggy, cuckoo, fruity, loco, nuts, nutty, screwy, wacky.
Chiefly British: crackers.
Law: non compos mentis.
Idioms:
around the bend, crazy as a loon, mad as a hatter, not all there, nutty as a fruitcake, off (or out of) one's head, off one's rocker, of unsound mind, out of one's mind, sick in the head, stark raving mad. See
sane
- Containing fundamental errors in reasoning: fallacious, false, illogical, invalid, sophistic, specious, spurious. See
correct, true
- Containing an error or errors: erroneous, fallacious, false, inaccurate, incorrect, mistaken, off, untrue, wrong.
Idioms:
all wet, in error, off base, off (or wide of) the mark. See
correct
- Not wise: ill-advised, ill-considered, impolitic, imprudent, indiscreet, injudicious, unwise. See
wise
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