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Synonyms for incapable
ɪnˈkeɪ pə bəlin·ca·pable

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  1. incapableadjective

    Antonyms:
    capable

  2. incapableadjective

    Antonyms:
    capable

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms0.0 / 0 votes

  1. incapable

    Synonyms:
    unqualified, unable, unfitted, weak, incompetent, feeble, disqualified, insufficient

    Antonyms:
    qualified, able, fitted, strong, clever

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  1. incapableadjective

    (followed by `of') lacking capacity or ability

    "incapable of carrying a tune"; "he is incapable of understanding the matter"; "incapable of doing the work"

    Synonyms:
    incompetent, incapable(p), unequal to(p)

    Antonyms:
    capable, surefooted, adequate, able, confident, sure-footed, resourceful, susceptible, equal

  2. incapable(p)adjective

    not being susceptible to or admitting of something (usually followed by `of')

    "incapable of solution"

    Antonyms:
    confident, surefooted, sure-footed, capable, susceptible, resourceful, equal, adequate, able

  3. incapableadjective

    (followed by `of') not having the temperament or inclination for

    "simply incapable of lying"

    Synonyms:
    incompetent, incapable(p), unequal to(p)

    Antonyms:
    confident, surefooted, able, capable, equal, adequate, susceptible, sure-footed, resourceful

  4. incapable, incompetent, unequal to(p)adjective

    not meeting requirements

    "unequal to the demands put upon him"

    Antonyms:
    capable, able, resourceful, sure-footed, susceptible, equal, surefooted, confident, adequate

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words4.0 / 1 vote

  1. incapableadjective

    Synonyms:
    incompetent, disqualified, unfit, insusceptible

PPDB, the paraphrase database0.0 / 0 votes

  1. List of paraphrases for "incapable":

    unable, unfit, incompetent, powerless, capable, able

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How to use incapable in a sentence?

  1. Sara Robertson:

    There’s no shame in the fact that many seniors need assistance around stairs, and they shouldn’t be made to feel fragile or incapable.

  2. Randy George:

    The resulting force would be incapable of simultaneously meeting current deployment requirements and responding to overseas contingency requirements.

  3. John Oliver:

    Here’s the problem. It increasingly seems like, if Donald Trump loses, we are not going to get the concession speech that the country badly needs, because Donald Trump is medically incapable of accepting that Donald Trump is Donald Trump, so we need to find a way for Donald Trump to give a concession speech, while Donald Trump’s still able to claim that Donald Trump won something.

  4. Alexis Carrel:

    The first duty of society is to give each of its members the possibility of fulfilling his destiny. When it becomes incapable of performing this duty it must be transformed.

  5. Akhenaten:

    Be thou incapable of change in that which is right, and men will rely upon thee. Establish unto thyself principles of action; and see that thou ever act according to them. First know that thy principles are just, and then be thou


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