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Webster 1913 Edition


Incompetency

{

In-com′pe-tence

,

In-com′pe-tency

, }
Noun.
[Cf. F.
incompétence
.]
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.
Syn. – Inability; insufficiency; inadequacy; disqualification; incapability; unfitness.

Definition 2024


incompetency

incompetency

English

Noun

incompetency (usually uncountable, plural incompetencies)

  1. The condition of being incompetent