Incapable

Definition:

  • (a.) Wanting in ability or qualification for the purpose or end in view; not large enough to contain or hold; deficient in physical strength, mental or moral power, etc.; not capable; as, incapable of holding a certain quantity of liquid; incapable of endurance, of comprehension, of perseverance, of reform, etc.
  • (a.) Not capable of being brought to do or perform, because morally strong or well disposed; -- used with reference to some evil; as, incapable of wrong, dishonesty, or falsehood.
  • (a.) Not in a state to receive; not receptive; not susceptible; not able to admit; as, incapable of pain, or pleasure; incapable of stain or injury.
  • (a.) Unqualified or disqualified, in a legal sense; as, a man under thirty-five years of age is incapable of holding the office of president of the United States; a person convicted on impeachment is thereby made incapable of holding an office of profit or honor under the government.
  • (a.) As a term of disgrace, sometimes annexed to a sentence when an officer has been cashiered and rendered incapable of serving his country.
  • (n.) One who is morally or mentally weak or inefficient; an imbecile; a simpleton.

Compare incapable with other words:

incapable vs. proficient

hopeless vs. incapable

incapable vs. incapableness

apathetic vs. incapable

incapable vs. incompetence

inable vs. incapable

incapable vs. nero

impossible vs. incapable

incapable vs. unfit

incapability vs. incapable

incapable vs. incapably

incapable vs. indisputably

disabled vs. incapable

harmless vs. incapable

incapable vs. lifeless

incapable vs. unalterable

incapable vs. vegetative

incapable vs. intangible

incapable vs. simpleton

imbecile vs. incapable

incapable vs. unable

incapable vs. incapacitate

dazzle vs. incapable

capable vs. incapable

incapable vs. stationary

failure vs. incapable

incapable vs. indivisible

incapable vs. shackle