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incapable
[ in-key-puh-buhl ]
adjective
- not capable.
Antonyms:
- not having the necessary ability, qualification, or strength to perform some specified act or function:
As an administrator, he is simply incapable.
Synonyms: ,
- without ordinary capability; incompetent.
noun
- a thoroughly incompetent person, especially one of defective mentality.
incapable
/ ɪˈɪəə /
adjective
- whenpostpositive, often foll by of not capable (of); lacking the ability (to)
- powerless or helpless, as through injury or intoxication
- postpositivefoll byof not susceptible (to); not admitting (of)
a problem incapable of solution
Derived Forms
- ˈ貹, adverb
- ˌ貹ˈٲ, noun
Other Word Forms
- ·p·i·ٲ ·p··Ա noun
- ·p· adverb
Word History and Origins
Origin of incapable1
Idioms and Phrases
- incapable of,
- not having the ability, qualification, or strength for (a specified act or function).
- not open to; not susceptible to or admitting:
These materials are incapable of exact measurement.
- legally unqualified for.
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
Unlike so many other highlight stretches since his arrival in Los Angeles, the $700-million slugger looked incapable of turning the tide.
In turn, Russia accuses the Ukrainian president of being "incapable" of implementing any such agreements.
Elephants can speak to each other using infrasonic rumbles — sounds that humans are incapable of hearing — that travel long distances and warn other nearby elephants of potential danger.
All these people follow Trump, a man who is incapable of empathy, so much so that many high-profile psychologists have argued that he should be considered a sociopath, despite not consenting to a formal diagnosis.
The alleged attack showed Zelensky was "incapable of sticking to agreements", Russia's defence ministry said.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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