incapable

C2+ Topic:Sports & Fitness
US /ɪnˈkeɪpəbəl/ UK /ɪnˈkeɪpəbəl/
adj

Meanings

  1. 1
    adj

    lacking the ability, capacity, or fitness to do something

    He seemed incapable of telling even the smallest lie.

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Synonyms
1 adj · lacking the ability,... unableincompetentunfitpowerlessineptunqualified
Word family
Derived forms incapablyincapability

Etymology

From in- ('not') + capable, from Late Latin capabilis ('able to hold, receptive'), from Latin capere ('to take, hold').

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