INCAPACITY
Dictionary entry overview: What does incapacity mean?
• INCAPACITY (noun)
The noun INCAPACITY has 2 senses:
1. lack of intellectual power
2. lack of physical or natural qualifications
Familiarity information: INCAPACITY used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
• INCAPACITY (noun)
Meaning:
Lack of intellectual power
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("incapacity" is a kind of...):
inability (lack of ability (especially mental ability) to do something)
Antonym:
capacity (the power to learn or retain knowledge; in law, the ability to understand the facts and significance of your behavior)
Meaning:
Lack of physical or natural qualifications
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("incapacity" is a kind of...):
incapability; incapableness (the quality of not being capable -- physically or intellectually or legally)
Antonym:
capacity (ability to perform or produce)
