in·com·pe·tence ( n-k m p-t ns)n. The quality or state of being incompetent. |
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| Noun | 1. |  incompetence - lack of physical or intellectual ability or qualificationscompetence, competency - the quality of being adequately or well qualified physically and intellectually |
| 2. | incompetence - inability of a part or organ to function properly disease - an impairment of health or a condition of abnormal functioning hypogonadism - incompetence of the gonads (especially in the male with low testosterone); results in deficient development of secondary sex characteristics and (in prepubertal males) a body with long legs and a short trunk valvular incompetence - inability of a bodily valve to close completely |
incompetence
noun ineptitude, inability, inadequacy, incapacity, ineffectiveness, uselessness, insufficiency, ineptness, incompetency, unfitness, incapability, skill-lessness The incompetence of government officials is appalling.
Translations
incompetence [ɪnˈkɒmpɪtəns] N
1. → incompetencia f
he was fired for incompetence → lo despidieron por incompetente
see also gross A1
he was fired for incompetence → lo despidieron por incompetente
see also gross A1
2. (Jur) → incapacidad f
incompetence, incompetency
n
→ Unfähigkeit f; (for job) → Untauglichkeit f
(Jur) → Unzuständigkeit f, → Inkompetenz f
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