Syn. — Inability; insufficiency; inadequacy; disqualification; incapability; unfitness.
Incompetent
(In*com"pe*tent) a. [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) 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.
Incompetently
(In*com"pe*tent*ly), adv. In an competent manner; inadequately; unsuitably.
Incompetibility
(In`com*pet`i*bil"i*ty) n. See Incompatibility.
Incompetible
(In`com*pet"i*ble) a. See Incompatible.
Incomplete
(In`com*plete") a. [L. incompletus: cf. F. incomplet. See In- not, and Complete.]
1. Not complete; not filled up; not finished; not having all its parts, or not having them all adjusted; imperfect; defective.
A most imperfect and incomplete divine.
Milton. 2. (Bot.) Wanting any of the usual floral organs; — said of a flower.
Incomplete equation (Alg.), an equation some of whose terms are wanting; or one in which the coefficient
of some one or more of the powers of the unknown quantity is equal to 0.
Incompletely
(In`com*plete"ly), adv. In an incomplete manner.
Incompleteness
(In`com*plete"ness), n. The state of being incomplete; imperfectness; defectiveness.
Boyle.
Incompletion
(In`com*ple"tion) n. Want of completion; incompleteness. Smart.
Incomplex
(In`com*plex") a. [Pref. in- not + complex: cf. F. incomplexe.] Not complex; uncompounded; simple.
Barrow.
Incompliable
(In`com*pli"a*ble) a. Not compliable; not conformable.
Incompliance
(In`com*pli"ance) n.
1. The quality or state of being incompliant; unyielding temper; obstinacy.
Self-conceit produces peevishness and incompliance of humor in things lawful and indifferent.
Tillotson.
