-- In`com*mu"ni*ca*tive*ly, adv. -- In`com*mu"ni*ca*tive*ness, n. Lamb.
His usual incommunicativeness.
G. Eliot.
In`com*mu`ta*bil"i*ty (?), n. [L. incommutabilitas: cf. F.
incommutabilité.] The quality or state of being incommutable.
In`com*mut"a*ble (?), a. [L. incommutabilis: cf. F. incommutable. See
In- not, and Commutable.] Not commutable; not capable of being
exchanged with, or substituted for, another. Cudworth. --
In`com*mut"a*ble*ness, n. -- In`com*mut"a*bly, adv.
{ In`com*pact" (?), In`com*pact"ed, } a. Not compact; not having the
parts firmly united; not solid; incoherent; loose; discrete. Boyle.
In*com"pa*ra*ble (?), a. [L. incomparabilis: cf. F. incomparable. See
In- not, and Comparable.] Not comparable; admitting of no comparison
with others; unapproachably eminent; without a peer or equal;
matchless; peerless; transcendent.
A merchant of incomparable wealth.
Shak.
A new hypothesis . . . which hath the incomparable Sir Isaac Newton
for a patron.
Bp. Warburton.
-- In*com"pa*ra*ble*ness, n. -- In*com"pa*ra*bly, adv.
Delights incomparably all those corporeal things.
Bp. Wilkins.
In`com*pared" (?), a. Peerless; incomparable. [Obs.] Spenser.
In*com"pass (?), v. t. See Encompass.
In`com*pas"sion (?), n. [Pref. in- not + compassion: cf. F.
incompassion.] Want of compassion or pity. [Obs.] Bp. Sanderson.
In`com*pas"sion*ate (?), a. Not compassionate; void of pity or of
tenderness; remorseless. -- In`com*pas"sion*ate*ly, adv. --
In`com*pas"sion*ate*ness, n.
In`com*pat`i*bil"i*ty (?), n.; pl. -ties (&?;). [Cf. F.
incompatibilité.] The quality or state of being incompatible;
inconsistency; irreconcilableness.
In`com*pat"i*ble (?), a. [Pref. in- not + compatible: cf. F.
incompatible.] [It was formerly sometimes written incompetible.]
1. Not compatible; so differing as to be incapable of harmonious
combination or coexistence; inconsistent in thought or being;
irreconcilably disagreeing; as, persons of incompatible tempers;
incompatible colors, desires, ambition.
A strength and obduracy of character incompatible with his meek and
innocent nature.
Southey.
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2. (Chem.) Incapable of being together without mutual reaction or
decomposition, as certain medicines.
Incompatible terms (Logic), terms which can not be combined in thought.
Syn. -- Inconsistent; incongruous; dissimilar; irreconcilable;
unsuitable; disagreeing; inharmonious; discordant; repugnant;
contradictory. See Inconsistent.
In`com*pat"i*ble (?), n. (Med. & Chem.) An incompatible substance;
esp., in pl., things which can not be placed or used together because
of a change of chemical composition or of opposing medicinal qualities;
as, the incompatibles of iron.
In`com*pat"i*ble*ness, n. The quality or state of being incompatible;
incompatibility.
In`com*pat"i*bly, adv. In an incompatible manner; inconsistently;
incongruously.
{ In*com"pe*tence (?), In*com"pe*tency (?), } n. [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 for 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.
In*com"pe*tent (?), a. [L. incompetens: cf. F. incompétent. See In-
not, and Competent.]
1. Not competent; wanting in adequate strength, power, capacity, means,
qualifications, or the like; incapable; unable; inadequate; unfit.
Incompetent to perform the duties of the place.
Macaulay.
2. (Law) 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.
Richard III. had a resolution, out of hatred to his brethren, to
disable their issues, upon false and incompetent pretexts, the one
of attainder, the other of illegitimation.
Bacon.
3. Not lying within one's competency, capacity, or authorized power;
not permissible.
Syn. -- Incapable; unable; inadequate; insufficient; inefficient;
disqualified; unfit; improper. -- Incompetent, Incapable. Incompetent
is a relative term, denoting a want of the requisite qualifications for
performing a given act, service, etc.; incapable is absolute in its
meaning, denoting want of power, either natural or moral. We speak of a
man as incompetent to a certain task, of an incompetent judge, etc. We
say of an idiot that he is incapable of learning to read; and of a man
distinguished for his honor, that he is incapable of a mean action.
In*com"pe*tent*ly, adv. In an competent manner; inadequately;
unsuitably.
In`com*pet`i*bil"i*ty (?), n. See Incompatibility.
In`com*pet"i*ble (?), a. See Incompatible.
In`com*plete" (?), a. [L. incompletus: cf. F. incomplet. See In- not,
and Complete.]
1. Not complete; not filled up; not finished; not having all its parts,
or not having them all adjusted; imperfect; defective.
A most imperfect and incomplete divine.
Milton.