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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. Prime Minister Ewa Kopacz:

    To those who are incapable of presenting the historic truth in an honest way, I want to say that Poland was not a perpetrator but a victim of World War II, i would expect full historical knowledge from officials who speak on the matter.

  2. The Talmud:

    Until a child is one year old it is incapable of sin.

  3. Benjamin Rush:

    Freedom can exist only in the society of knowledge. Without learning, men are incapable of knowing their rights.

  4. Joseph Sobran:

    People who create things nowadays can expect to be prosecuted by highly moralistic people who are incapable of creating anything. There is no way to measure the chilling effect on innovation that results from the threats of taxation, regulation and prosecution against anything that succeeds. We’ll never know how many ideas our government has aborted in the name protecting us.

  5. President Trump:

    You're just incapable of asking a question in a positive way.


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