|
|
Reverse Search
Reverse Search allows you to search within the full text of dictionary entries for words, word parts, and phrases.
Search for entries that contain:
Exact matches of any of the individual words entered in the search box.
Example: Searching for "apple orange" identifies all entries that contain the word "apple" or the word "orange."
Any form of any of the individual words entered in the search box.
Example: Searching for "apple orange" identifies all entries that contain the word "apple" or "apples" or "orange" or "oranges."
Exact matches of all of the individual words entered in the search box.
Example: Searching for "apple orange" identifies all entries that contain the word "apple" and the word "orange."
The exact sequence of words and/or characters entered in the search box (for example, a fragment of a word, a single word, multiple words, or even a phrase containing punctuation)
Example: Searching for "a variety of apple" identifies all entries that contain that phrase. Searching for "app" identifies all entries that contain the letters "app," such as occurrences of "apple," "application," and "apply."
Search within these fields:
Optional:
Limit by part of speech:
| conservator |
in law, one designated to care for the person and property of someone declared incompetent to do so. [1/2 definitions] |
| feckless |
weak or incompetent; ineffective. [1/2 definitions] |
| half-assed |
incompetent; lacking knowledge or ability. [2/3 definitions] |
| incapable |
lacking in skill; incompetent. [1/4 definitions] |
| incompetent |
someone who is incompetent. [1/4 definitions] |
| inept |
lacking skill or aptitude; incompetent. [1/3 definitions] |
| insanity |
in law, a mental condition so disordered that the afflicted person is considered incompetent to engage in contracts or similar matters, or that he or she may be committed to an institution. [1/4 definitions] |
| joker |
(informal) a person considered to be incompetent, mischievous, or annoying. [1/4 definitions] |
| loser |
(informal) one who is considered to be ineffectual, incompetent, or socially unacceptable. [1/2 definitions] |
| Peter Principle |
the satiric idea that employees of large organizations tend to be promoted until they reach the level at which they are incompetent. |
| rape1 |
the crime of forcing an unwilling or legally incompetent person to participate in sexual intercourse. [2/5 definitions] |
| yo-yo |
(slang) a person considered to be stupid or incompetent. [1/3 definitions] |
|
|