incapable

English

Etymology

(deprecated template usage) Borrowed from Middle French incapable, in- +‎ capable

Pronunciation

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• IPA^(key): /ɪnˈkeɪpəbl̩/, /ɪŋˈkeɪpəbl̩/
• Hyphenation: in‧ca‧pable

Adjective

incapable (comparative more incapable, superlative most incapable)

1. Not capable (of doing something); unable.

   A pint glass is incapable of holding more than a pint of liquid.

   I consider him incapable of dishonesty.

2. Not in a state to receive; not receptive; not susceptible; not able to admit.

   incapable of pain, or pleasure; incapable of stain or injury

Synonyms

• (not capable): unable
• (not in a state to receive): refusing

Antonyms

• capable

Derived terms

• incapability
• incapably

Related terms

• incapacitate
• incapacitation

Translations

not being capable

• Arabic: عَاجِز m (ʕājiz)
• Bulgarian: неспособен (bg) (nesposoben)
• Catalan: incapaç (ca)
• Finnish: kyvytön (fi), kykenemätön (fi)
• French: incapable (fr)
• Galician: incapaz m or f
• Georgian: უძლური (uʒluri)
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• Ido: nekapabla (io)
• Japanese: できない (dekinai), 無理な (ja) (muri na), 不能な (funō na)
• Polish: niezdolny (pl)
• Portuguese: incapaz (pt)
• Romanian: incapabil (ro)
• Serbo-Croatian: nesposoban (sh), nemoćan (sh)
• Spanish: incapaz (es)

not in a state to receive

• Japanese: 無縁な (muen na), 拒む (ja) (kobamu)
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Noun

incapable (plural incapables)

1. (dated) One who is morally or mentally weak or inefficient; an imbecile; a simpleton.

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French

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin incapabilis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛ̃.ka.pabl/

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Adjective

incapable (plural incapables)

1. unable, incapable

Noun

incapable m (plural incapables, feminine incapable)

1. incompetent (person)

Further reading

• “incapable”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.