incapable
adjective/ɪnˈkeɪpəbl/
/ɪnˈkeɪpəbl/
- not able to do something
- incapable of something incapable of speech
- incapable of doing something The children seem to be totally incapable of working by themselves.
Extra Examples- He was apparently physically incapable of lowering his voice.
- She was constitutionally incapable of bad temper.
- Exhaustion had made him incapable of thinking clearly.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- appear
- be
- feel
- …
- absolutely
- completely
- quite
- …
- of
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- not able to control yourself or your affairs; not able to do anything well
- If people keep telling you you're incapable, you begin to lose confidence in yourself.
- He was found lying in the road, drunk and incapable.
- This type of arrangement remains valid even if you become mentally incapable.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- appear
- be
- feel
- …
- absolutely
- completely
- quite
- …
- of
opposite capable
Word Originlate 16th cent.: from French, or from late Latin incapabilis, from in- ‘not’ + capabilis (from Latin capere ‘take or hold’).
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