Meaning of INCOMPETENCE
| Pronunciation: | | in'kâmpituns
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- [n] lack of physical or intellectual ability or qualifications
- [n] inability of a part or organ to function properly
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| | Synonyms: | | incompetency |
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| | Antonyms: | | competence, competency | | |
| | See Also: | | disease, hypogonadism, inability, unfitness, valvular incompetence | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \In*com"pe*tence\, Incompetency \In*com"pe*tency\,
n. [Cf. F. incomp['e]tence.]
1. The quality or state of being incompetent; want of
physical, intellectual, or moral ability; insufficiency;
inadequacy; as, the incompetency of a child hard labor, or
of an idiot for intellectual efforts. ``Some inherent
incompetency.'' --Gladstone.
2. (Law) Want of competency or legal fitness; incapacity;
disqualification, as of a person to be heard as a witness,
or to act as a juror, or of a judge to try a cause.
Syn: Inability; insufficiency; inadequacy; disqualification;
incapability; unfitness.
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