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incapability

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in·ca·pa·ble  (n-kp-bl)
adj.
1.
a. Lacking the necessary ability, capacity, or power: incapable of carrying a tune; incapable of love.
b. Unable to perform adequately; incompetent: an incapable administrator.
2. Usage Problem Not susceptible to action or treatment: a unique feat, incapable of duplication. See Usage Note at able.
3. Law Lacking legal qualifications or requirements; ineligible.

in·capa·bili·ty, in·capa·ble·ness n.
in·capa·bly adv.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.incapability - lack of potential for development
inaptitude - a lack of aptitude
capableness, potentiality, capability - an aptitude that may be developed
2.incapability - the quality of not being capable -- physically or intellectually or legally
inability, unfitness - lacking the power to perform
incapacity - lack of physical or natural qualifications
capability, capableness - the quality of being capable -- physically or intellectually or legally; "he worked to the limits of his capability"
Translations
incapability [ɪnˌkeɪpəˈbɪlɪtɪ] Nincapacidad f
incapability [ɪnˌkeɪpəˈbɪlɪti] nincapacité f
incapability
nUnfähigkeit f, → Unvermögen nt(of doing sth etw zu tun)
incapability [ɪnˌkeɪpəˈbɪlɪtɪ] nincapacità
incapability [ɪnˌkeɪpəˈbɪlɪtɪ] nincapacità


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In his impatience to consult the one authority competent to decide the question of Arnold's position toward Anne, he had sided with Sir Patrick, as a means of ridding himself of the unwelcome presence of his friends--and he had defeated his own purpose, thanks to his own brutish incapability of bridling himself in the pursuit of it.
In approaching Henry, she showed a strange incapability of calculating her distances--she struck against the table near which he happened to be sitting.
But, at last, I think she begins to know me: I don't perceive the silly smiles and grimaces that provoked me at first; and the senseless incapability of discerning that I was in earnest when I gave her my opinion of her infatuation and herself.
 
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