About The Word Incompetence
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Incompetence
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What's The Definition Of Incompetence?
[n] lack of physical or intellectual ability or qualifications
[n] inability of a part or organ to function properly Synonyms | Synonyms for Incompetence: incompetency Related Terms | Find terms related to Incompetence: ad lib | baseness | deficiency | disability | disablement | disqualification | extemporaneousness | failure | falling short | faultiness | fewness | imbecility | imperfection | improvisation | inability | inadeptness | inadequacy | inadequateness | inaptitude | inaptness | inattentiveness | incapability | incapacitation | incapacity | incompetency | indexterity | ineffectiveness | ineffectuality | inefficiency | ineptitude | ineptness | infancy | inferiority | insufficiency | insufficientness | lack of preparation | legal incapacity | littleness | maladjustment | maladroitness | meanness | mediocrity | minority | none to spare | nonfulfillment | nonpreparation | nonpreparedness | nonsatisfaction | pedestrianism | pettiness | planlessness | rustiness | shabbiness | short supply | skill-lessness | smallness | subnormality | thoughtlessness | too late | too little | triviality | unaptness | uncleverness | undeftness | undexterousness | undextrousness | unfitness | unfittedness | unintelligence | unpreparedness | unproficiency | unqualification | unqualifiedness | unreadiness | unschooledness | unskillfulness | unsuitability | unsuitableness | unsuitedness | untrainedness | uselessness | vulgarity | vulnerability | wardship See Also | disease | hypogonadism | inability | unfitness | valvular incompetence Incompetence In Webster's Dictionary \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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