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shooting blanks

  • as ininefficient
  • as inunworkmanlike
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Synonyms for shooting blanks

adj not working well; wasteful
  • disorganized
  • faulty
  • feeble
  • incompetent
  • ineffective
  • ineffectual
  • inept
  • sloppy
  • weak
  • can't hack it
  • 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 for shooting blanks

  • able
  • capable
  • competent
  • dexterous
  • effective
  • fit
  • neat
  • skillful
  • sound
  • strong
  • tidy
  • efficient
  • expert
  • useful
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

More words related to shooting blanks

inefficient

adjective. not working well; wasteful

unworkmanlike

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