incompetence

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

INCOM'PETENCE INCOM'PETENCY, noun 1. Inability; want of sufficient intellectual powers or talents; as the incompetency of infants or idiots. 2. Want of natural adequate strength of body or of suitable faculties; as the incompetency of the eyes to discern the motions of the heavenly bodies. 3. Want of legal or constitutional qualifications; as the incompetency of a witness. 4. Want of adequate means. 5. Insufficiency; inadequacy; as the incompetency of testimony.
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