Proficiency Antonyms

Trying to find opposite word for proficiency in English? No problem. Our site contains antonyms of proficiency in 17 different contexts. We have listed all the opposite words for proficiency alphabetically.

block

bar
brick
cake
chunk
cube
hunk
ingot
loaf
lump
oblong
piece
section

clumsiness

awkwardness
heavy-handedness
ineptitude
ungainliness

decline

abatement
backsliding
comedown
cropper
decay
decrepitude
degeneracy
degeneration
descent
deterioration
devolution
diminution

failure

abortion
bankruptcy
bomb
botch
breakdown
bungle
bust
checkmate
collapse
decay
decline
defeat

halt

arrest
break
break-off
close
cutoff
freeze
grinding halt
impasse
interruption
layoff
letup
pause

ignorance

benightedness
bewilderment
blindness
callowness
crudeness
darkness
denseness
disregard
dumbness
empty-headedness
fog
half-knowledge

inability

disqualification
failure
frailty
impotence
inadequacy
inaptitude
incapability
incapacitation
incapacity
incompetence
ineffectiveness
ineffectualness

incapability

feebleness
helplessness
impotence
inadequacy
ineffectiveness
ineffectualness
inefficacy
infirmity
powerlessness
uselessness
weakness

incapacity

disqualification
inability
incapability
insufficiency

incompetence

inability
inadequacy
ineptitude
inexperience

inefficiency

carelessness
disorganization
inability
incapability
wastefulness

ineptness

amateurishness
artlessness
boorishness
cloddishness
coarseness
crudeness
gawkiness
gracelessness
greenness
ignorance
inability
incompetence

lack

abridgement
absence
curtailment
dearth
decrease
default
defect
deficit
depletion
deprivation
destitution
distress

retreat

ebb
evacuation
flight
retirement
withdrawal

retrogression

recession
regression
retreat
retroaction
reverse
throwback

stop

bar
barricade
blank wall
block
blockade
break
break off
brick wall
cease
cessation
check
close

stoppage

abeyance
arrest
blockage
check
close
closure
cutoff
deduction
discontinuance
down
downtime
hindrance

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