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

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1. incapableadjective

   Synonyms:
   incompetent, disqualified, unfit, insusceptible

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1. List of paraphrases for "incapable":

   unable, unfit, incompetent, powerless, capable, able

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1. Justice Joseph Story:

   If aliens might be admitted indiscriminately to enjoy all the rights of citizens at the will of a single state, the Union might itself be endangered by an influx of foreigners, hostile to its institutions, ignorant of its powers, and incapable of a due estimate of its privileges.

2. Joseph Schumpeter:

   Democracy is a political method, that is to say, a certain type of institutional arrangement for arriving at political -- legislative and administrative -- decisions and hence incapable of being an end in itself.

3. Publilius Syrus:

   Any plan is bad which is incapable of modification.

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

   We must never assume that which is incapable of proof.

5. President Trump:

   You're just incapable of asking a question in a positive way.