1 She believes the noises are made by ghosts, but I think there's a more prosaic explanation. 2  For the most part, the descriptions of the books listed in the âCatalog,â though informative, are relentlessly prosaic, even hackneyed. â 3 Mordecai Richler, New York Times Book Review, 8 Oct. 1989. She believes the noises are made by ghosts, but I think there's a more prosaic explanation. 2  For the most part, the descriptions of the books listed in the âCatalog,â though informative, are relentlessly prosaic, even hackneyed. â 3 Mordecai Richler, New York Times Book Review, 8 Oct. 1989.
Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition: 1  Incompetency(noun) 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.
The Correct spelling is: incompetent. Common misspellings of the word incompetent are: 1  incompetant. 2  incomptetent. 3  incompetent in french. 4  incompetent in spanish. 5  incompetent in german. 6  incompetent in italian.7  incompetent in portuguese.t is not incompetant or even incomptetent for that matter! 1  adj. 2  n. 3  incompetently inÃÂ·inÃ¢'peÃÂ·tentÃÂ·peÃ¢ tenta. 4  TentÃ¢ ly adv not qualified: in legal terms a defendant who was incompetent. 5  To stand trial inadequate for or unsuited to a particular.  purpose or application