incapable

incapable

/ɪnˈkeɪpəbl/

1 ​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.

Collocations

verbs

appearbefeel…

adverb

absolutelycompletelyquite…

preposition

of

2 ​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.

Word Origin

late 16th cent.: from French, or from late Latin incapabilis, from in- ‘not’ + capabilis (from Latin capere ‘take or hold’).

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