incapacity

English

Etymology

in- (“negative”) +‎ capacity

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌɪnkəˈpæsɪti/

Noun

incapacity (countable and uncountable, plural incapacities)

1. The lack of a capacity; an inability.
   • 1605, Francis Bacon, The Advancement of Learning:

     So that it is not the insufficiency or incapacity of man's mind, but it is the remote standing or placing thereof that breedeth these mazes and incomprehensions;

2. Legal disqualification.

See also

• inoperancy

Translations

lack of a capacity

• Bulgarian: некадърност (bg) f (nekadǎrnost), неспособност (bg) f (nesposobnost)
• Catalan: incapacitat (ca) f
• French: incapacité (fr) f
• Galician: incapacidade (gl) f
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• German: Unfähigkeit (de) f
• Hebrew: נבצרות (he) f (nivtsarut)
• Italian: incapacità (it) f
• Portuguese: incapacidade (pt) f
• Spanish: incapacidad (es) f

legal disqualification

• Bulgarian: неправоспособност (bg) f (nepravosposobnost)
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• Russian: неправомо́чность (ru) n (nepravomóčnostʹ)