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incompetence


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Incompetence  \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. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  incompetence 
  n  :  lack  of  physical  or  intellectual  ability  or  qualifications 
  [syn:  {incompetency}]  [ant:  {competence}] 




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