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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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