Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

incompetently

/ˌɪnkˈɑmpətəntli/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.77 in modern English

Syllables
in-com-pe-tent-ly
IPA
/ˌɪnkˈɑmpətəntli/
22
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
5
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

In an incompetent manner.

Example Sentences

Etymology

Etymology tree English incompetent Middle English -ly English -ly English incompetently From incompetent + -ly.

Inflected Forms

more incompetently (comparative) most incompetently (superlative)

Synonyms

Questions

How do you pronounce incompetently?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˌɪnkˈɑmpətəntli/.
What does incompetently mean?
In an incompetent manner.
Where does incompetently come from?
Etymology tree English incompetent Middle English -ly English -ly English incompetently From incompetent + -ly.

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