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Definitions

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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"I was able to screw up as a teenager and not have it filmed and amplified all over the place."

From BBC • Feb. 7, 2026

The base view is that “we’re not overly concerned. But I can’t not have it as a risk scenario for Treasuries.”

From Barron's • Feb. 3, 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

“She does not have it all together. She’s messy and she’s human and I just think that makes her so much more relatable.”

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 20, 2025

But his sons would not have it and they complained and said, “Shall our mother and grandfather lie with a servant? And must we also in our time?”

From "The Good Earth" by Pearl S. Buck

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.