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Synonyms for incapable
ɪnˈkeɪ pə bəlin·ca·pable

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  1. incapableadjective

    Antonyms:
    capable

  2. incapableadjective

    Antonyms:
    capable

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  1. incapable

    Synonyms:
    unqualified, unable, unfitted, weak, incompetent, feeble, disqualified, insufficient

    Antonyms:
    qualified, able, fitted, strong, clever

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  1. 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, equal

  2. incapable(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, able

  3. incapableadjective

    (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, resourceful

  4. incapable, 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 Words4.0 / 1 vote

  1. incapableadjective

    Synonyms:
    incompetent, disqualified, unfit, insusceptible

PPDB, the paraphrase database0.0 / 0 votes

  1. List of paraphrases for "incapable":

    unable, unfit, incompetent, powerless, capable, able

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How to use incapable in a sentence?

  1. George Bernard Shaw:

    If history repeats itself, and the unexpected always happens, how incapable must Man be of learning from experience.

  2. G. H. Lewes, Physiology of Common Life:

    We must never assume that which is incapable of proof.

  3. RAMANA PEMMARAJU:

    Now I get why I'm incapable of Flirting for I can't Lie!

  4. Kayla Dunn:

    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.

  5. Jennvine Wong:

    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.


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