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INCOMPETENCE; INCOMPETENCY n. 2 definitions

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.

INCOMPETENT a. 3 definitions

etent; wanting in adequate strength, power, capacity, means, qualifications, or the like; incapable; unable; inadequate; unfit. Incompetent to perform the duties of the place. Macaulay.

INCOMPETENTLY adv.

In an competent manner; inadequately; unsuitably.

INCOMPETIBILITY n.

See Incompatibility.

INCOMPETIBLE a.

See Incompatible.

INCOMPLETE a. 2 definitions

ll its parts, or not having them all adjusted; imperfect; defective. A most imperfect and incomplete divine. Milton.

INCOMPLETELY adv.

In an incomplete manner.

INCOMPLETENESS n.

The state of being incomplete; imperfectness; defectiveness. Boyle.

INCOMPLETION n.

Want of completion; incompleteness. Smart.

Not complex; uncompounded; simple. Barrow.

INCOMPLIABLE a.

Not compliable; not conformable.

INCOMPLIANCE n. 2 definitions

The quality or state of being incompliant; unyielding temper; obstinacy. Self-conceit produces peevishness and incompliance of humor in things lawful and indifferent. Tillotson.

Not compliant; unyielding to request, solicitation, or command; stubborn. -- In`com*pli"ant*ly, adv.

Disordered; disturbed. [Obs.] Milton. -- In`com*po"sed*ly, adv. [Obs.] -- In`com*pos"ed*ness, n. [Obs.]

Not composite; uncompounded; simple. Incomposite numbers. See Prime numbers, under Prime.

INCOMPOSSIBLE a.

Not capable of joint existence; incompatible; inconsistent. [Obs.] Ambition and faith . . . are . . . incompossible. Jer. Taylor. -- In`com*pos`si*bil"i*ty, n. [Obs.]

INCOMPREHENSE a.

Incomprehensible. [Obs.] "Incomprehense in virtue." Marston.

INCOMPREHENSIBILITY n.

The quality of being incomprehensible, or beyond the reach of human intellect; incomprehensibleness; inconceivability; inexplicability. The constant, universal sense of all antiquity unanimously confessing an incomprehensibility in many of the articles of the Christian faith. South.

INCOMPREHENSIBLE a. 2 definitions

Not capable of being contained within limits. An infinite and incomprehensible substance. Hooker.

INCOMPREHENSION n.

Want of comprehension or understanding. "These mazes and incomprehensions." Bacon.