Incapable

//ɪnˈkeɪpəbl̩//

Synonyms for "incapable" (66 found)

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Closest matches (14)

unable unequal to amputee careless cripple defective deformity disqualified dull tool greenhorn handicapped handicapped person

Adjective(2 words)

bad ham-fisted

Strong matches (19)

helpless idiot ill-equipped ill-fitted ill-furnished ill-provided ill-qualified imbecile impervious to inadequate incapable of incompetent ineffective ineffectual inefficient inept inferior maladjusted

Adjective(1 words)

incompetent

Related words (33)

mediocrity no conjuror not equal to not up to paralytic paraplegic powerless quadriplegic refusing the crippled the handicapped unable to unadapted unadjusted unarmed unendowed unequipped unfit unfitted ungifted

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unprovided unqualified unskilled unskillful unsuited unsusceptible untalented worthless

Adjective(4 words)

miserable refusing unable unskilled

Adjective(1 words)

unequal to

Related word relations

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7 relation types

Antonyms

2 entries

capable

Synonyms

3 entries

refusing unable unequal to

Related terms

2 entries

incapacitate incapacitation

derived

3 entries

incapability incapableness incapably

derived from

1 entries

capable

related to

21 entries

ability able being being unable cannot cannot do capability capable capacious capacity do handicapped imbecile inability incapacitate incapacitation

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similar

8 entries

inadequate incompetent insusceptible unable unequal unsusceptible

Translations

26 translations across 20 languages.

Arabic

1 entries

عَاجِز adj (not being capable)

Bulgarian

1 entries

неспособен adj (not being capable)

Catalan

1 entries

incapaç adj (not being capable)

Esperanto

1 entries

malkapabla adj (not being capable)

Finnish

2 entries

kykenemätön adj (not being capable)
kyvytön adj (not being capable)

French

1 entries

incapable adj (not being capable)

Galician

1 entries

incapaz adj (not being capable)

Georgian

1 entries

უძლური adj (not being capable)

Greek

1 entries

ανίκανος adj (not being capable)

Hindi

1 entries

असमर्थ adj (not being capable)

Ido

1 entries

nekapabla adj (not being capable)

Japanese

4 entries

できない adj (not being capable)
不能な adj (not being capable)
拒む adj (not in a state to receive)
無理な adj (not being capable)

Latin

1 entries

incapax adj (not being capable)

Pohnpeian

1 entries

soakoahiek adj (not being capable)

Polish

1 entries

niezdolny adj (not being capable)

Portuguese

1 entries

incapaz adj (not being capable)

Romanian

1 entries

incapabil adj (not being capable)

Sanskrit

1 entries

अशक्त adj (not being capable)

Serbo-Croatian

2 entries

nemoćan adj (not being capable)
nesposoban adj (not being capable)

Spanish

1 entries

incapaz adj (not being capable)

Sample sentences

15 total sentences available.

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Ostriches are incapable of flight.

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The child was incapable of understanding his father's death.

Source: tatoeba (47448)

The building is incapable of repair.

Source: tatoeba (48305)

The plan is incapable of alteration.

Source: tatoeba (48500)

Showing 4 of 15 available sentences.

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