incompetency Meaning, Definition & Usage
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noun lack of physical or intellectual ability or qualifications
incompetence.
WordNet
In*com"pe*tence, In*com"pe*tency noun
(Also<
- Incompetence
- Incompetency
)
Etymology
Cf. F.Definitions
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The quality or state of being incompetent; want of physical, intellectual, or moral ability; insufficiency; inadequacy; "Some inherent incompetency." Gladstone.as, the .incompetency of a child hard labor, or of an idiot for intellectual efforts -
(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.
