Antonyms for proficient
prəˈfɪʃ əntpro·fi·cient

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1. proficientadjective

   Good at; skilled; fluent; practiced, especially in relation to a task or skill.

   He was a proficient writer with an interest in human nature.

   Synonyms:
   expert, skilled, practiced, fluent

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1. proficient

   Skilful signifies possessing and using readily practical knowledge and ability, having alert and well-trained faculties with reference to a given work. One is adept in that for which he has a natural gift improved by practise; he is expert in that of which training, experience, and study have given him a thorough mastery; he is dexterous in that which he can do effectively, with or without training, especially in work of the hand or bodily activities. In the case of the noun, "an expert" denotes one who is "experienced" in the fullest sense, a master of his branch of knowledge. A skilled workman is one who has thoroughly learned his trade, though he may be naturally quite dull; a skilful workman has some natural brightness, ability, and power of adaptation, in addition to his acquired knowledge and dexterity. Compare CLEVER; DEXTERITY; POWER.

   Antonyms:
   awkward, bungling, clumsy, helpless, inexpert, maladroit, shiftless, unhandy, unskilled, untaught, untrained

   Synonyms:
   accomplished, adept, adroit, apt, clever, deft, dexterous, expert, handy, happy, ingenious, practised, skilful, skilled, trained

   Preposition:
   Skilful at or in a work, with a pen or tool of any kind.

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1. proficientnoun

   Antonyms:
   tyro, novice, ignoramus, dunce

   Synonyms:
   adept, master, expert

2. proficientadjective

   Antonyms:
   backward, ignorant, unskilled, inconversant, ill-versed, awkward, clumsy

   Synonyms:
   expert, clever, practised, skilled, trained, versed, advanced, conversant, skilful, competent, well qualified

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1. adept, expert, good, practiced, proficient, skillful, skilfuladjective

   having or showing knowledge and skill and aptitude

   "adept in handicrafts"; "an adept juggler"; "an expert job"; "a good mechanic"; "a practiced marksman"; "a proficient engineer"; "a lesser-known but no less skillful composer"; "the effect was achieved by skillful retouching"

   Antonyms:
   unskilled

   Synonyms:
   dear, good, right, in effect(p), unspoiled, skillful, sound, serious, effective, upright, salutary, in force(p), skilful, practiced, dependable, estimable, technical, expert, secure, beneficial, full, honest, respectable, undecomposed, unspoilt, nice, ripe, just, safe, adept, honorable, well(p), near, practised

2. technical, proficientadjective

   of or relating to technique or proficiency in a practical skill

   "his technical innovation was his brushwork"; "the technical dazzle of her dancing"

   Antonyms:
   unskilled

   Synonyms:
   skilful, technical, expert, good, practiced, skillful, adept, technological

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1. proficientadjective

   Synonyms:
   expert, adept, skilled

How to use proficient in a sentence?

1. Peter Meiresonne:

   Maybe now is a good time to say, ‘We are not able today’ or ‘Give us a six- or 10-mile lineup rather than a four-mile lineup’, which you might accept when you are more proficient and (flight experience is) more recent.

2. Craig Weller:

   Learning to eat healthy is like learning to speak a different language, you learn a little at a time until you’re proficient.

3. Larry Millete:

   All my children are taught and practice safety to include gun safety at an early age. It’s a sport and hobby we all enjoy, not all gun owners are evil villains. A firearm is a tool. You have to practice using that tool to become proficient incase you ever need it (sic) utilize it. Firearms are not bad as they are often portrayed to be.

4. Alessio Patalano:

   Sailors train regularly to man this ship to the utmost of its capabilities, which means that on favorable weather conditions its sails could propel it well past 10 knots, whilst this is not a speed comparable to modern ships, when combined with a proficient crew, it would certainly give the ship an edge over four narcos on a home made drug-carrying raft, fast as it could have been.

5. John McCain:

   Our Defense Department has grown larger but less capable, more complex but less innovative, more proficient at defeating low-tech adversaries but more vulnerable to high-tech ones.

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