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incapacity

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in·ca·pac·i·ty  (nk-ps-t)
n. pl. in·ca·pac·i·ties
1. Inadequate strength or ability; lack of capacity.
2. A defect or handicap; a disability.
3. Law Something that renders one legally ineligible; a disqualification.

incapacity [ˌɪnkəˈpæsɪtɪ]
n pl -ties
1. lack of power, strength, or capacity; inability
2. (Law) Law
a.  legal disqualification or ineligibility
b.  a circumstance causing this
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.incapacity - lack of intellectual power
inability - lack of ability (especially mental ability) to do something
mental ability, capacity - the power to learn or retain knowledge; in law, the ability to understand the facts and significance of your behavior
2.incapacity - lack of physical or natural qualifications
incapability, incapableness - the quality of not being capable -- physically or intellectually or legally
capacity - capability to perform or produce; "among his gifts is his capacity for true altruism"; "limited runway capacity"; "a great capacity for growth"

incapacity
Translations
incapacity [ˌɪnkəˈpæsɪtɪ] Nincapacidad f
incapacity [ˌɪnkəˈpæsɪti] n (= inability) → incapacité f
in-car [ˌɪnˈkɑːr] modif [system, CD player] → embarqué(e)
incapacity
n
Unfähigkeit f(for für); incapacity for workArbeitsunfähigkeit f
(Jur) → mangelnde Berechtigung (for zu); incapacity to inheritErbunfähigkeit f; incapacity of a minorGeschäftsunfähigkeit feines Minderjährigen
incapacity [ˌɪnkəˈpæsɪtɪ] nincapacità (Law) → inabilitazione
incapacity [ˌɪnkəˈpæsɪtɪ] nincapacità (Law) → inabilitazione


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Such things are not predicated of a person in virtue of his disposition, but in virtue of his inborn capacity or incapacity to do something with ease or to avoid defeat of any kind.
Morland, who did not insist on her daughters being accomplished in spite of incapacity or distaste, allowed her to leave off.
He had not long ruminated on these matters, before it occurred to his memory that he had a brother who was under no such unhappy incapacity.
 
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