Hypertext Webster Gateway: "incompetence"
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) 1.7 (wn)
incompetence
n 1: lack of physical or intellectual ability or qualifications
[syn: {incompetency}] [ant: {competence}]
2: inability of a part or organ to function properly
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