Associations to the word «Incompetence»

Wiktionary

INCOMPETENCE, noun. Inability to perform; lack of competence; ineptitude.

Dictionary definition

INCOMPETENCE, noun. Lack of physical or intellectual ability or qualifications.
INCOMPETENCE, noun. Inability of a part or organ to function properly.

Wise words

Language is a process of free creation; its laws and principles are fixed, but the manner in which the principles of generation are used is free and infinitely varied. Even the interpretation and use of words involves a process of free creation.
Noam Chomsky