Definitions for Incapable
ɪnˈkeɪ pə bəlin·ca·pable

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. incapableadjective

   (followed by `of') lacking capacity or ability

   "incapable of carrying a tune"; "he is incapable of understanding the matter"; "incapable of doing the work"

2. incapable(p)adjective

   not being susceptible to or admitting of something (usually followed by `of')

   "incapable of solution"

3. incapableadjective

   (followed by `of') not having the temperament or inclination for

   "simply incapable of lying"

4. incapable, incompetent, unequal to(p)adjective

   not meeting requirements

   "unequal to the demands put upon him"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. incapableadjective

   Not being capable (of doing something); unable.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Incapableadjective

   Etymology: incapable, Fr. in and capable.

   1. Wanting power; wanting understanding; unable to comprehend, learn, or understand.

   Incapable and shallow innocents!
   You cannot guess who caus'd your father's death. William Shakespeare.

   2. Not able to receive any thing.

   Wilmot, when he saw Goring put in the command, thought himself incapable of reparation. Edward Hyde.

   3. Unable; not equal to any thing.

   Is not your father grown incapable
   Of reasonable affairs? Is he not stupid
   With age? William Shakespeare, Winter's Tale.

   4. Disqualified by law.

   Their lands are almost entirely taken from them, and they are rendered incapable of purchasing any more. Jonathan Swift.

   5. In conversation it is usual to say a man is incapable of falsehood, or incapable of generosity, or of any thing good or bad.

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1. incapable

   Incapable refers to the lack of ability, capacity or means to do something or to perform a specific task or role. It may also reflect a lack of personal qualities or characteristics necessary for a certain job or activity.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. Incapableadjective

   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

2. Incapableadjective

   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

3. Incapableadjective

   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

4. Incapableadjective

   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

5. Incapableadjective

   as a term of disgrace, sometimes annexed to a sentence when an officer has been cashiered and rendered incapable of serving his country

6. Incapablenoun

   one who is morally or mentally weak or inefficient; an imbecile; a simpleton

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Incapable

   in-kāp′a-bl, adj. not capable: insufficient, unable: lacking mental capacity: unconscious of: helplessly drunk: disqualified.—n. one lacking capacity.—n. Incapabil′ity.—adv. Incap′ably.

Military Dictionary and GazetteerRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. incapable

   A term of disgrace, frequently annexed to military sentences, when an officer has been cashiered by the sentence of a general court-martial, and rendered incapable of ever serving his country in either a civil or military capacity.

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Incapable in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Incapable in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of Incapable in a Sentence

1. Benjamin Rush:

   Freedom can exist only in the society of knowledge. Without learning, men are incapable of knowing their rights.

2. Publilius Syrus:

   Any plan is bad which is incapable of modification.

3. Harold Macmillan:

   Marxism is like a classical building that followed the Renaissance; beautiful in its way, but incapable of growth.

4. Araceli Davila:

   My father had the kindest heart. He helped everyone he could. He was there for everyone and always had a loving smile, he truly had a heart of gold and was incapable of holding a grudge. He loved my mother, my siblings and I with all his heart and he was always there for us.

5. Blaise Pascal:

   For after all what is man in nature? A nothing in relation to infinity, all in relation to nothing, a central point between nothing and all and infinitely far from understanding either. The ends of things and their beginnings are impregnably concealed from him in an impenetrable secret. He is equally incapable of seeing the nothingness out of which he was drawn and the infinite in which he is engulfed.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=Incapable
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Incapable
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=Incapable
4. ^ ChatGPT
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5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Incapable
6. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=Incapable
7. ^ Military Dictionary and Gazetteer
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/59563/pg59563-images.html