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incapable

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incapable /ɪnˈkeɪpəbəl/ adjective
incapable
/ɪnˈkeɪpəbəl/
adjective
Learner's definition of INCAPABLE
[more incapable; most incapable]
: not able to do something : not capable无能力的;不能胜任的;不会的
usually + of

— incapability

/ɪnˌkeɪpəˈbɪləti/ noun [noncount]
BNC: 6335 COCA: 7779

incapable

adjective

in·​ca·​pa·​ble (ˌ)in-ˈkā-pə-bəl How to pronounce incapable (audio)
1
: lacking capacity, ability, or qualification for the purpose or end in view: such as
a
: not able or fit for the doing or performance : incompetent
b
: not being in a state or of a kind to admit : insusceptible
c
archaic : not able to take in, hold, or keep
d
archaic : not receptive
2
: lacking legal qualification or power (as by reason of mental incompetence) : disqualified
incapableness noun
incapably adverb

Example Sentences

hired a supremely incapable assistant who only made a mess of things
Recent Examples on the Web The Last of Us Part One, on the other hand, is incapable of shifting the paradigm. WIRED, 3 Sep. 2022 But in others, like with ISIS-K, the regime is simply incapable of stopping their growth. Fox News, 31 Aug. 2022 Things get tricky when a particular show or tour is heavily in demand, or when supply (ie., 18,000 sellable seats at New York’s Madison Square Garden) is incapable of accommodating the exponentially larger number of people who want to attend. Jonathan Cohen, SPIN, 30 Aug. 2022 Nevertheless, the question—long before Aaron asked it of me that night in Café Loup—haunted me because, paradoxically, the only true way to answer in the affirmative is to be incapable of answering at all. Ben Lerner, The New Yorker, 29 Aug. 2022 Politicians, the saying goes, are incapable of seeing past the next election. Jason L. Riley, WSJ, 16 Aug. 2022 Each side is convinced that the other is incapable of crafting a decent internet joke, yet each side takes the other’s jokes as inspiration. Kaitlyn Tiffany, The Atlantic, 11 Aug. 2022 That hand-eye also drives consistently low K and BB rates - Iglesias is almost incapable of swinging and missing. Tony Blengino, Forbes, 11 Mar. 2021 So why are Americans so incapable of forging a working consensus? Liza Featherstone, The New Republic, 9 Feb. 2022 See More

Word History

Etymology

Middle French, from in- + capable capable

First Known Use

1594, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of incapable was in 1594
BNC: 6335 COCA: 7779
incapable

adjective

VERBS | ADVERB | PREPOSITION VERBSappear, be, feel, prove, seem顯得無能;能力不足;感到無能為力;證明不能勝任;似乎不能勝任become變得無能為力make sb, render sb使某人失去⋯能力The wine had made him incapable of thinking clearly.葡萄酒下肚,他就無法清醒地思考了。deem sb認定某人缺乏能力ADVERBabsolutely, completely, quite, simply, totally, utterly絕對不能勝任;十分無能almost幾乎無能為力largely基本上無能clearly明顯不能勝任inherently天生不能勝任constitutionally, temperamentally天生不能She was constitutionally incapable of bad temper.她天生不會發脾氣。physically生理上不能He was apparently physically incapable of lowering his voice.看來他就是天生大嗓門,根本低不下來。mentally (especially BrE) 精神失常This type of arrangement remains valid even if you become mentally incapable.哪怕你精神失常,這種協議也仍然有效。PREPOSITIONof不會做⋯Computers are incapable of creative thought.計算機沒有創造性思維能力。

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