Noah Webster
Incompetence
INCOM'PETENCE
INCOM'PETENCY, noun
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.