Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for IN-COM'PE-TENCE, or IN-COM'PE-TEN-CY
IN-COM-PENS'A-BLEIN-COM'PE-TENT
IN-COM'PE-TENCE, or IN-COM'PE-TEN-CY, n. [Fr. incompetence, from incompetent.]
- Inability; want of sufficient intellectual powers or talents; as, the incompetency of infants or idiots.
- 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.
- Want of legal or constitutional qualifications; as, the incompetency of a witness.
- Want of adequate means.
- Insufficiency; inadequacy; as, the incompetency of testimony.
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