incompetence : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: incompetence	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for incompetence
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
incompetence n lack of physical or intellectual ability or qualifications Synonym(s): incompetence, incompetency Antonym(s): competence, competency inability of a part or organ to function properly
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Incompetence \Incom"petence\, Incompetency \Incom"petency\, n. [Cf. F. incomp[82]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. [bd]Some inherent incompetency.[b8] --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.