English-Thai Dictionary

incompetence

N การ ไม่มี ความสามารถ  การ ขาด ความสามารถ  inaptitude incapacity aptitude capacity competence kan-mai-me-kwam-sa-mad

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

INCOMPETENCE, INCOMPETENCY

n. 1. Inability; want of sufficient intellectual powers or talents; as the incompetency of infants or idiots.
2. Want of natural adequate strength of body or of suitable faculties; as the incompetency of the eyes to discern the motions of the heavenly bodies.
3. Want of legal or constitutional qualifications; as the incompetency of a witness.
4. Want of adequate means.
5. Insufficiency; inadequacy; as the incompetency of testimony.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

INCOMPETENCE; INCOMPETENCY

In *com "pe *tence, In *com "pe *tency, n. Etym: [Cf. F. incompétence.]

 

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 )

 

Defn: 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.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

incompetence

in com pe tence |inˈkämpətəns, iNG- ɪnˈkɑːmpɪtəns | ▶noun inability to do something successfully; ineptitude: allegations of professional incompetence. DERIVATIVES in com pe ten cy noun

 

Oxford Dictionary

incompetence

in |com ¦pe |tence |ɪnˈkɒmpɪt (ə )ns | ▶noun [ mass noun ] inability to do something successfully; ineptitude: allegations of professional incompetence. DERIVATIVES incompetency noun

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

incompetence

incompetence noun her dismissal was based only on her incompetence: ineptitude, ineptness, inability, lack of ability, lack of skill, lack of proficiency; inadequacy, ineffectiveness, inefficiency, deficiency, insufficiency; amateurishness, clumsiness; informal uselessness. ANTONYMS prowess.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

incompetence

incompetence noun allegations of professional incompetence: ineptitude, ineptness, inability, lack of ability, incapability, incapacity, lack of skill, lack of proficiency, amateurishness, inexpertness, clumsiness, ineffectiveness, inadequacy, deficiency, inefficiency, ineffectuality, ineffectualness, insufficiency; informal cack-handedness, ham-fistedness, uselessness, hopelessness. ANTONYMS competence, prowess.

 

French Dictionary

incompétence

incompétence n. f. nom féminin Manque de compétence. : Cette personne a atteint son niveau d ’incompétence.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

incompetence

in com pe tence -ten cy /ɪnkɑ́mpət (ə )ns |-kɔ́mpɪ -//-si /名詞 U 1 無能 (力 ); 不適格 .2 〘法 〙無資格, 無能力 .