incapability

Examples

• All

• His incapability to solve basic problems often frustrated his teacher.

• Her incapability of adapting to new technologies made it difficult for her to find a job.

• It's my own incapability that enters the picture here.

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• My biggest issue with the "size" of government is the incapability of keeping tabs on what my government is up to.

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• An absolute refusal or incapability to recognize the double standards that come out in almost every one of your posts.

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• History is a commentary on the various and continuing incapabilities of men.

  The History Boys (2006)

• It should not hide its incapability in creating jobs by handing out small benefits to people.

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• I think it's more about Georgia's incapabilities of funding the infrastructure of the city.

• What is most astonishing in all of this discussion is the incapability of existing academic economists - for me, most surprising.

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• I've learned to accept the reality of my barrel chest and broad shoulders, of my incapability of ever looking a particular way.

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Synonyms

I

inability

vsincapability

177 2.8

Not able to do something you need to do

focuses on lacking potential rather than current physical or mental power

I

incapacity

vsincapability

9 5.4

Not able to do things because your body or mind does not work well

is more general and does not specify physical or mental reasons

I

incompetency

vsincapability

3 6.8

Lack of ability to do a job or task well

is broader, covering general lack of ability beyond specific duties

I

incapableness

vsincapability

7.4

A lack of ability to do something

presents lack of ability with emphasis on potential rather than state

I

impuissance

vsincapability

• Literature

9.9

A feeling of being unable to change things

is a neutral state of lacking ability or potential rather than helplessness

U

unfitness

vsincapability

6.0

Not able or qualified to do a job

is the general lack of ability or potential, not only task suitability

I

inaptitude

vsincapability

• Formal

8.2

Lack of ability to do a task or job well

is broader, meaning general lack of ability or potential beyond specific skills

Antonyms

A

ability

∞ 1.0

Skill or power to do something

C

capability

473 3.6

Ability to do something or develop a skill

How Capable

expertise

302 4.9

competence

69 4.1

ability

∞ 1.0

incapability

1 6.0

inability

177 2.8

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology