Why do some icons in applications dock appear 'broken'

From time to time when installing an app on the iMac and then clicking the dock application I find that when the grid of apps is displayed that the icon appears somewhat 'greyed out' with a circle and diagonal bar overlaid. What causes this. So far, this has only happened with a few apps that I installed from non-Apple sources. The app still works ok.
Thanks.

Hi,
I do not have Rosetta installed on my system yet the apps I refer to all run fine. The only issue is the greyed out icon with the circle and diagonal bar (not an X). Also, the icons are not on the dock. They are inside the Applications folder. When I click on the Application folder icon on the dock, the grid pops up. It's there that the greyed out icon is visible. If I look in the Applications folder using Finder the tiny icon is just fine.
I tried moving the 'greyed out' icon from the Dock's Application grid and dropping it on the desktop. That works. It creates a proper icon that is a link to the app in the Applications folder. The 'greyed out' icon still remains in the pop-up Application grid. If I click-drag the 'greyed out' icon from the pop-up grid to the actual Dock the icon appears properly.
So to repeat, I do not have Rosetta installed and I am running Mountain Lion 10.8.2 and when I click on a 'greyed out' icon the app starts and runs OK.

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