INCOMPETENCE

incompetence, incompetency

(noun) lack of physical or intellectual ability or qualifications

incompetence

(noun) inability of a part or organ to function properly

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

incompetence (usually uncountable, plural incompetences)

Inability to perform; lack of competence; ineptitude.

Source: Wiktionary


In*com"pe*tence, In*com"pe*tency, n. Etym: [Cf. F. incompétence.]

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. "Some inherent incompetency." Gladstone.

2. (Law)

Definition: 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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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16 March 2025

SUSPENDED

(adjective) (of undissolved particles in a fluid) supported or kept from sinking or falling by buoyancy and without apparent attachment; “suspended matter such as silt or mud...”; “dust particles suspended in the air”; “droplets in suspension in a gas”


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