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incompetency|ɪnˈkɒmpɪtənsɪ|
[f. prec. or incompetent: see -ency.]
1. a. The quality of being incompetent; inadequate ability, incapacity for what is required: = incompetence 2. Also, with pl., an instance of this.
1611Cotgr., Incompetence, incompetencie. a1691Boyle Ess. Intestine Motions iv. Wks. 1772 I. 447 The incompetency of our eyes to discern the motions of natural bodies. a1732Atterbury Serm. Isa. lx. 22. ii. (Seager), The meanness and incompetency of the instruments that wrought this effect. 1782Priestley Corrupt. Chr. II. x. 260 [The] utter incompetency of the bishops. 1862H. Spencer First Princ. i. v. §31 (1875) 109 Is it not proved that this incompetency is the incompetency of the Conditioned to grasp the Unconditioned? 1871Blackie Four Phases i. 66 Exposing the manifold superficialities and incompetencies of the persons with whom he conversed.
b. Med. = incompetence 2 b.
1865J. H. Bennett Clin. Lect. Princ. & Pract. Med. (ed. 4) vi. 577 (heading) Incompetency of aortic valves. 1892W. Osler Princ. & Pract. Med. v. 611 An acute dilatation of the left ventricle with relative incompetency of the mitral segments. 1950Amer. Jrnl. Obstetr. & Gynecol. LIX. 69 The degree of incompetency [of the internal os of the cervix] may vary.
2. Legal incapacity, disability, or disqualification.
1650Hobbes Answ. Davenant's Pref. Gondibert Wks. 1840 IV. 456 Having thus..avoided the first exception, against the incompetency of my judgment, I am but little moved with the second, which is of being bribed by the honour you have done me. 1660Trial Regic. 157 Concerning the competency or incompetency of the witness; the incompetency against him is this, that [etc.]. 1833Mylne & Keen Rep. II. 245 The affidavits..positively denied..the testator's alleged incompetency to enter into the agreement. 1895Law Times Rep. LXXIII. 23/2 The original incompetency to deal with it continued down to..when the husband died.
3. Logical impropriety or illegitimacy.
1837–8Sir W. Hamilton Logic xxi. (1866) I. 424 The arguments..by which it was attempted to evince the incompetency of this figure. |