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noun
The condition of being incapable.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
the quality of not being capable -- physically or intellectually or legally
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: incapableness
Antonyms: capability
Broader terms: inability, unfitness
Narrower terms: incapacity
noun
lack of potential for development
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: incapableness
Antonyms: capability
Broader terms: inaptitude
History
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Italic *n̥- Latin in-bor. Middle English in- English in- English capability English incapability From in- + capability.
