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Synonyms for incapable
ɪnˈkeɪ pə bəlin·ca·pable
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incapable
Synonyms:
unqualified, unable, unfitted, weak, incompetent, feeble, disqualified, insufficient
Princeton's WordNet
incapableadjective
(followed by `of') lacking capacity or ability
"incapable of carrying a tune"; "he is incapable of understanding the matter"; "incapable of doing the work"
Synonyms:
incompetent, incapable(p), unequal to(p)Antonyms:
capable, surefooted, adequate, able, confident, sure-footed, resourceful, susceptible, equalincapable(p)adjective
not being susceptible to or admitting of something (usually followed by `of')
"incapable of solution"
Antonyms:
confident, surefooted, sure-footed, capable, susceptible, resourceful, equal, adequate, ableincapableadjective
(followed by `of') not having the temperament or inclination for
"simply incapable of lying"
Synonyms:
incompetent, incapable(p), unequal to(p)Antonyms:
confident, surefooted, able, capable, equal, adequate, susceptible, sure-footed, resourcefulincapable, incompetent, unequal to(p)adjective
not meeting requirements
"unequal to the demands put upon him"
Antonyms:
capable, able, resourceful, sure-footed, susceptible, equal, surefooted, confident, adequate
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
incapableadjective
Synonyms:
incompetent, disqualified, unfit, insusceptible
Words popularity by usage frequency
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#727 | able | |
#3646 | unable | |
#4264 | capable | |
#4981 | weak | |
#10242 | insufficient | |
#20455 | incapable | |
#24911 | incompetent | |
#26977 | disqualified | |
#29086 | unqualified | |
#29642 | unfit | |
#30704 | powerless | |
#31313 | feeble | |
#247328 | unfitted |
How to use incapable in a sentence?
If history repeats itself, and the unexpected always happens, how incapable must Man be of learning from experience.
G. H. Lewes, Physiology of Common Life:
We must never assume that which is incapable of proof.
Now I get why I'm incapable of Flirting for I can't Lie!
For me as a woman of color, what CRT means to me is I’m inferior, that I’m academically inept, that I’m incapable of speaking for myself, and that when someone sees me they automatically see my skin color.
Broken-windows policing has long been discredited for furthering mistrust between the police and the communities we serve, and this rebranded version will yield those same results, with the same disparate enforcement, it will undoubtedly send more Black and Latinx New Yorkers to Rikers Island, a facility that is wholly incapable of caring for the people in its custody.
Translations for incapable
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- incapaçCatalan, Valencian
- incapazSpanish
- kykenemätön, kyvytönFinnish
- incapableFrench
- 不能, 無縁, できない, 拒む, 無理Japanese
- incapazPortuguese
- incapabilRomanian
- nesposoban, nemoćanSerbo-Croatian
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