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uncapable

uncapable adjective: not capable; incapable.

Adjective

uncapable (not comparable)

  1. (obsolete) Not capable; incapable.
    • whosoever readeth them is not tied to plod long upon them, whereof I am uncapable.1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 10, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book II, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC

Origin of uncapable

From un- + capable.

Words formed from uncapable

Questions about uncapable

What does uncapable mean?
Uncapable means not capable; incapable.
What part of speech is uncapable?
Uncapable is an adjective.

Words near uncapable in the dictionary

  1. uncantilevered
  2. uncanvased
  3. uncanvassed
  4. uncanyoned
  5. uncap
  6. uncapable
  7. uncapableness
  8. uncapacious
  9. uncapacitated
  10. uncapacity
  11. uncaparisoned

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