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English adjective: incapable | |||
| 1. | incapable (followed by `of') lacking capacity or ability | ||
| Samples | Incapable of carrying a tune. He is incapable of understanding the matter. Incapable of doing the work. | ||
| Similar | unable | ||
| See also | incompetent | ||
| Attribute | capability, capability, capableness, capableness, potentiality | ||
| Antonyms | capable | ||
| 2. | incapable not being susceptible to or admitting of something (usually followed by `of') | ||
| Samples | Incapable of solution. | ||
| Similar | insusceptible, unsusceptible | ||
| Antonyms | susceptible | ||
| 3. | incapable (followed by `of') not having the temperament or inclination for | ||
| Samples | Simply incapable of lying. | ||
| Antonyms | capable | ||
| 4. | incapable not meeting requirements | ||
| Samples | Unequal to the demands put upon him. | ||
| Synonyms | incompetent, unequal to | ||
| Similar | inadequate, unequal | ||
| Antonyms | adequate, equal | ||
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