- (a.) Not competent; wanting in adequate strength, power, capacity, means, qualifications or the like; incapable; unable; inadequate; unfit.
- (a.) Wanting the legal or constitutional qualifications; inadmissible; as, a person professedly wanting in religious belief is an incompetent witness in a court of law or equity; incompetent evidence.
- (a.) Not lying within one's competency, capacity or authorized power; not permissible.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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