Part 5701

<h1>Incompatibly</h1> <Xpage=746>

<hw>In`com*pat"i*bly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In an incompatible manner; inconsistently; incongruously.</def>

<h1>Incompetence, Incompetency</h1> <Xpage=746>

<hw><hw>In*com"pe*tence</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>In*com"pe*tency</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>,<hw> <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>incomp\'82tence</ets>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>The quality or state of being incompetent; want of physical, intellectual, or moral ability; insufficiency; inadequacy; <as>as, the <ex>incompetency</ex> of a child hard labor, or of an idiot for intellectual efforts</as>.</def> "Some inherent <i>incompetency</i>."

<i>Gladstone.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Law)</fld> <def>Want of competency or legal fitness; incapacity; disqualification, as of a person to be heard as a witness, or to act as a juror, or of a judge to try a cause.</def>

<syn>Syn. -- Inability; insufficiency; inadequacy; disqualification; incapability; unfitness.</syn>

<h1>Incompetent</h1> <Xpage=746>

<hw>In*com"pe*tent</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>incompetens</ets>: cf. F. <ets>incomp\'82tent</ets>. See <er>In-</er> not, and <er>Competent</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>Not competent; wanting in adequate strength, power, capacity, means, qualifications, or the like; incapable; unable; inadequate; unfit.</def>

<blockquote><b>Incompetent</b> to perform the duties of the place. <i>Macaulay.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Law)</fld> <def>Wanting the legal or constitutional qualifications; inadmissible; <as>as, a person professedly wanting in religious belief is an <ex>incompetent</ex> witness in a court of law or equity; <ex>incompetent</ex> evidence.</as></def>

<blockquote>Richard III. had a resolution, out of hatred to his brethren, to disable their issues, upon false and <b>incompetent</b> pretexts, the one of attainder, the other of illegitimation. <i>Bacon.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Not lying within one's competency, capacity, or authorized power; not permissible.</def>

<syn>Syn. -- Incapable; unable; inadequate; insufficient; inefficient; disqualified; unfit; improper.</syn> <usage> -- <er>Incompetent</er>, <er>Incapable</er>. <i>Incompetent</i> is a relative term, denoting a want of the requisite qualifications for performing a given act, service, etc.; <i>incapable</i> is absolute in its meaning, denoting want of power, either natural or moral. We speak of a man as <i>incompetent</i> to a certain task, of an <i>incompetent</i> judge, etc. We say of an idiot that he is <i>incapable</i> of learning to read; and of a man distinguished for his honor, that he is <i>incapable</i> of a mean action.</usage>

<h1>Incompetently</h1> <Xpage=746>

<hw>In*com"pe*tent*ly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In an competent manner; inadequately; unsuitably.</def>

<h1>Incompetibility</h1> <Xpage=746>

<hw>In`com*pet`i*bil"i*ty</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>See <er>Incompatibility</er>.</def>

<h1>Incompetible</h1> <Xpage=746>

<hw>In`com*pet"i*ble</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>See <er>Incompatible</er>.</def>

<h1>Incomplete</h1> <Xpage=746>

<hw>In`com*plete"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>incompletus</ets>: cf. F. <ets>incomplet</ets>. See <er>In-</er> not, and <er>Complete</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>Not complete; not filled up; not finished; not having all its parts, or not having them all adjusted; imperfect; defective.</def>

<blockquote>A most imperfect and <b>incomplete</b> divine. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Wanting any of the usual floral organs; -- said of a flower.</def>

<cs><col>Incomplete equation</col> <fld>(Alg.)</fld>, <cd>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.</cd></cs>