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
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
16 March 2025
(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”
The first coffee-house in Mecca dates back to the 1510s. The beverage was in Turkey by the 1530s. It appeared in Europe circa 1515-1519 and was introduced to England by 1650. By 1675 the country had more than 3,000 coffee houses, and coffee had replaced beer as a breakfast drink.
