can't hack it

ADJECTIVE

inefficient

Synonyms

STRONGEST

disorganized faulty feeble incompetent ineffective ineffectual inept sloppy weak

WEAK

careless extravagant half-baked improficient improvident incapable inefficacious inexpert not cut out for prodigal shooting blanks slack slipshod slovenly unfit unprepared unqualified unskilled unskillful untrained

Antonyms

STRONGEST

able capable competent dexterous effective fit neat skillful sound strong tidy

WEAK

efficient expert useful

ADJECTIVE

unable

Synonyms

STRONGEST

helpless impotent inadequate incapable not able powerless sidelined unfit weak

WEAK

can't cut it can't make the grade clumsy hog-tied impuissant incapacitated incompetent ineffectual inefficacious inefficient inept inoperative no can do no good not cut out for not equal to not up to out of commission unfitted unqualified unskilled

Antonyms

STRONGEST

able capable competent fit potent qualified strong sufficient

WEAK

adequate skillful talented

ADJECTIVE

unworkmanlike

Synonyms

WEAK

careless disorganized extravagant faulty feeble half-baked improficient improvident inapt incapable incompetent ineffective ineffectual inefficacious inept inexpert not cut out for prodigal shooting blanks slack slipshod sloppy slovenly unfit unprepared unqualified unskilled unskillful untrained weak

Example Sentences

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While some digital nomads make it work, others who can’t hack it end up throwing in the towel and going home.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 27, 2023

Go back to playing blues, because the sitar, you can’t hack it, I beg you, sir, to quit the raga-muffin’.”

From Washington Post • Aug. 18, 2022

Gonzaga isn’t some fraudulent mid-major that can’t hack it physically with a Big 12 team.

From Slate • Apr. 6, 2021

It wasn’t like they were like, oh I can’t hack it at work so therefore I’m not going to push myself.

From Salon • Jun. 23, 2018

But because this is The Expendables 3 and not 21 Jump Street, the young guys can't hack it and the old crew has to make one more run at it.

From The Verge • Aug. 18, 2014

can't hack it

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