incapable
Syllables: in·ca·pable/ɪnˈkeɪpəbl̩/
incapable adjective: not capable (of doing something); unable.
Adjective
incapable (comparative more incapable, superlative most incapable)
- Not capable (of doing something); unable.
- A pint glass is incapable of holding more than a pint of liquid.
- I consider him incapable of dishonesty.
- Synonyms:
- unable
- Not in a state to receive; not receptive; not susceptible; not able to admit.
- incapable of pain, or pleasure; incapable of stain or injury
- Synonyms:
- refusing
Noun
incapable (plural incapables)
incapable meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
incapable in Hindi
- not being capable
- असमर्थ asmarth
incapable in Tamil
- திறமையற்ற
incapable in Marathi
- incapable, incompetent
- अक्षम akṣam
- incapable
- नादान nādān
incapable in Urdu
- incapable
- عاری 'ārī, اشکت aśakt
More languagesFewer languages
- incapable in Bengali
- অক্ষম ôkkhôm, অক্ষমা ôkkhôma
- incapable in Malayalam
- അശക്തം, കഴിവില്ലാത്ത, കഴിവുകെട്ട, സാമാന്യ കഴിവുകളില്ലാത്ത
- incapable in Kannada
- ಕೈಲಾಗದ, ಅಶಕ್ತ, ಅಸಮರ್ಥ, ಕಯ್ಯಲ್ಲಾಗದ
- incapable in Sanskrit
- अशक्त aśakta
- incapable in Arabic
- عَاجِز ʕājiz
Examples of incapable in a sentence
- The British people seem incapable of avoiding the habit of leaving litter wherever they go, and the railways certainly seem to receive their fair share of it, in carriages and on stations.1962 October, Brian Haresnape, “Focus on B.R. passenger stations”, in Modern Railways, page 254:
- According to the prevailing Danish rationale, Greenlanders were naïve and childlike, in need of protection and incapable of governing themselves.2019 August 22, Matthew H. Birkhold, “A Brief History of the Indignities Heaped Upon Greenland”, in The New York Times, archived from the...
Synonyms of incapable
Antonyms
Forms of incapable
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| comparative | more incapable |
| superlative | most incapable |
| Noun | |
| plural | incapables |
Origin of incapable
Borrowed from Middle French incapable, equivalent to in- + capable.
Words formed from incapable
Questions about incapable
- What does incapable mean?
- Incapable means not capable (of doing something); unable.
- What is incapable in Hindi?
- Incapable in Hindi is असमर्थ (asmarth). See Incapable meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use incapable in a sentence?
- The British people seem incapable of avoiding the habit of leaving litter wherever they go, and the railways certainly seem to receive their fair share of it, in carriages and on stations.
- What part of speech is incapable?
- Incapable can be an adjective or a noun.
- How do you pronounce incapable?
- Incapable is pronounced /ɪnˈkeɪpəbl̩/.
Words near incapable in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: incapable (page history and authors); incapable (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); अक्षम (Marathi) (page history and authors); اشکت (Urdu) (page history and authors); অক্ষম (Bengali) (page history and authors); incapable (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); incapable (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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