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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Incompetence \In*com"pe*tence\, Incompetency \In*com"pe*tency\, n. [Cf. F. incomp['e]tence.]
1. The quality or state of being incompetent; lack of physical, intellectual, or moral ability; lack of qualifications or training (for a particular task); insufficiency; inadequacy; as, the incompetency of a child for hard labor, or of an idiot for intellectual efforts. ''Some inherent incompetency.'' --Gladstone.
Syn: incompetence.
2. (Law) Lack 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) 2.0 [wn]:
incompetency
noun: lack of physical or intellectual ability or qualifications [syn: {incompetence}] [ant: {competence}]
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