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  1. 1. n. Alt. of Incompetency Source: opted
  2. 2. n. lack of physical or intellectual ability or qualifications Source: wordnet
  3. 3. n. inability of a part or organ to function properly Source: wordnet
  4. 4. 1. 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. 2. (Law) 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. Syn. -- Inability; insufficiency; inadequacy; disqualification; incapability; unfitness. Source: webster
  5. 5. n:100 n. lack of physical or intellectual ability or qualifications n. inability of a part or organ to function properly Source: ecdict

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