Synonyms for Incapacity

Synonyms for "incapacity" (105 found)

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Closest matches (21)

Noun(10 words)

being unable to workcrippling deficiency disability disabling impairments impotence impotency inabilities inability

brainlessness caducity decrepitude disability disablement disqualification foolishness ignorance imbecility inability

Adjective(1 words)

impotent

Strong matches (32)

Noun(4 words)

inability to workinadequacy incompetencelack of mental capacity

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instability insufficiency invalidism irrationality lackbrainedness lackwittednesslegal incapacitylow iq

Related words (52)

maladjustment maladroitness mediocritymental weaknessmindlessness minority pedestrianismprimal stupidityreasonlessness ricketiness rustiness senility senselessness shakiness skill-lessness slackmindedness slackwittedness thoughtlessness unaptness uncleverness

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Determiner(1 words)

no power

Noun(7 words)

powerlessnessstate of helplessnessunfitness weaknesswere unable to workwill be unable towork incapacity

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

6 relation types

More general

10 entries

condition constraint inability incapability incapablenesslegal conditionlegal statuslimitation shortcoming state

More specific

7 entries

educational incapacityfinancial incapacitymental incapacityminor incapacityphysical incapacitytemporary incapacitytime incapacity

Collocations

6 entries

incapacity to payincapacity to workmental incapacitypermanent incapacityphysical incapacitytotal incapacity

Inflections

1 entries

incapacities

Derivations

6 entries

incapacitate incapacitated incapacitation incapacitative incapacities incapacitively

Antonyms

1 entries

capacity

Sample sentences

6 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

Angst is the fear of our own incapacity for peace.

Source: tatoeba (3010018)

Sociopaths have an incapacity for love.

Source: tatoeba (9775047)

Sociopaths have an incapacity for empathy.

Source: tatoeba (9775048)

The root of the problem lies in our employees' incapacity to internalize the sentiments of the company.

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Incapacity