not have it

ADJECTIVE

incompetent

Synonyms

STRONGEST

amateurish helpless inadequate incapable ineffectual inefficient inept inexperienced unqualified unskilled useless

STRONG

amateur raw

WEAK

awkward bungling bush-league clumsy disqualified floundering ineligible inexpert insufficient maladroit not cut out for not equal to out to lunch unadapted unequipped unfit unfitted unhandy uninitiated unproficient untrained

Antonyms

STRONGEST

able capable competent expert qualified skilled strong useful

WEAK

adept dexterous effective efficient experienced proficient skillful

Example Sentences

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Among people taking medication for high blood pressure, roughly 47% still do not have it under control.

From Science Daily • May 18, 2026

Almost everybody can have it, but you should not have it if you have ever had a serious allergy to the vaccine, or any of its ingredients.

From BBC • Jan. 8, 2026

“I want to share this with my people and not have it be like this solo player journey,” says Mathews, vice president of operations for a San Francisco-based technology company.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 21, 2025

“Having money you can take when needed and not have it forced out can be comforting to people,” says Jane Gorham Ditelberg, director of tax planning at the Northern Trust Institute.

From Barron's • Nov. 27, 2025

Jack Tallis did not have it in him to turn out a young woman and her child.

From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan

not have it

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