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- Probably not, given the high standard for proving incompetence and the reluctance of courts to infringe on civil rights.†
Chpt 1.11incompetence = inability to do things sufficientlystandard prefix: The prefix "in-" in incompetence means not and reverses the meaning of competence. This is the same pattern you see in words like invisible, incomplete, and insecure.
- Mr. Stuart Robinson is not competent to manage Lamp, Los Angeles, Cleveland, New York City LAPD, and I don't want any of those clowns in there telling me what to do when they cannot deal with the drug addicts and cigarette smokers who come in here and steal everything.†
Chpt 1.12 *competent = sufficiently capable
- Mr. Robinson does not know HOW to do his job, because if he KNEW how to do it, I wouldn't have to deal with all the DRECK that comes in here off the street to steal everything and disgrace this property with their filthy, ugly, dirty criminal habits that Mr. Robinson should DIE for because he does not have the sense, he does not have the gumption, he does not have the motherfucking ability to DO HIS GODDAMN JOB, DO I MAKE MYSELF CLEAR, and I want him OUT OF HERE, that WORTHLESS snake—he's lower than a snake—and everyone else OUT of here who is too incompetent, or spineless or STUPID, and does not have the ability to perform their duties.†
Chpt 3.25incompetent = not sufficiently capablestandard prefix: The prefix "in-" in incompetent means not and reverses the meaning of competent. This is the same pattern you see in words like invisible, incomplete, and insecure.
- I don't need Lamp, with all these drug-addicted thieves and the incompetent people who work here and don't even do their own jobs.†
Chpt 3.27
Definitions:
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(competent) capable (able to do something in a generally satisfactory manner) -- sometimes specifically to have legal capability
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(meaning too rare to warrant focus) In the field of law, competent has the specialized meaning of being legally qualified to do something such as to be mentally fit to make reasonable decisions; or to have jurisdiction or authority to take an action.
In classic literature, a competency can refer to having an income or assets to support living expenses.