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INCAPABILITY

Dictionary entry overview: What does incapability mean?

• INCAPABILITY (noun)
The noun INCAPABILITY has 2 senses:

1. lack of potential for development
2. the quality of not being capable -- physically or intellectually or legally

Familiarity information: INCAPABILITY used as a noun is rare.

Dictionary entry details

• INCAPABILITY (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Lack of potential for development

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Synonyms:

incapability; incapableness

Hypernyms ("incapability" is a kind of...):

inaptitude (a lack of aptitude)

Antonym:

capability (an aptitude that may be developed)

Sense 2

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Meaning:

The quality of not being capable -- physically or intellectually or legally

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

incapability; incapableness

Hypernyms ("incapability" is a kind of...):

inability; unfitness (lacking the power to perform)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "incapability"):

incapacity (lack of physical or natural qualifications)

Antonym:

capability (the quality of being capable -- physically or intellectually or legally)

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INCAPABILITY: related words searches

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