INCOMPETENTS
Noun
incompetents
plural of incompetent
Source: Wiktionary
INCOMPETENT
In*com"pe*tent, a. Etym: [L. incompetens: cf. F. incompétent. See In-
not, and Competent.]
1. Not competent; wanting in adequate strength, power, capacity,
means, qualifications, or the like; incapable; unable; inadequate;
unfit.
Incompetent to perform the duties of the place. Macaulay.
2. (Law)
Definition: Wanting the legal or constitutional qualifications;
inadmissible; as, a person professedly wanting in religious belief is
an incompetent witness in a court of law or equity; incompetent
evidence.
Richard III. had a resolution, out of hatred to his brethren, to
disable their issues, upon false and incompetent pretexts, the one of
attainder, the other of illegitimation. Bacon.
3. Not lying within one's competency, capacity, or authorized power;
not permissible.
Syn.
– Incapable; unable; inadequate; insufficient; inefficient;
disqualified; unfit; improper.
– Incompetent, Incapable. Incompetent is a relative term, denoting
a want of the requisite qualifications for performing a given act,
service, etc.; incapable is absolute in its meaning, denoting want of
power, either natural or moral. We speak of a man as incompetent to a
certain task, of an incompetent judge, etc. We say of an idiot that
he is incapable of learning to read; and of a man distinguished for
his honor, that he is incapable of a mean action.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition