Download the app
educalingo
Search
You need to aim beyond what you are capable of. You must develop a complete disregard for where your abilities end. Try to do things that you're incapable of... If you think you're incapable of running a company, make that your aim... Make your vision of where you want to be a reality. Nothing is impossible.
Paul Arden

Meaning of "incapable" in the English dictionary

Dictionary
DICTIONARY
section

PRONUNCIATION OF INCAPABLE

incapable  [ɪnˈkeɪpəbəl] play
facebooktwitterpinterestwhatsapp

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF INCAPABLE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Incapable is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES INCAPABLE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Capability

A capability is the ability to perform or achieve certain actions or outcomes through a set of controllable and measurable faculties, features, functions, processes, or services. As it applies to human capital, capability represents the intersection of capacity and ability. It is a component within the theories of: ▪ Capability-based security and Capability-based addressing in computing ▪ Capability approach in welfare economics ▪ Capability management in the defence sector ▪ Capability, used in the defense industry but also in private industry ▪ Capability Brown, an English landscape artist ▪ Capability Green ▪ Capability Maturity Model ▪ Capability Maturity Model Integration ▪ Capability Development Group...

Definition of incapable in the English dictionary

The first definition of incapable in the dictionary is when postpositive, often foll by of not capable ; lacking the ability. Other definition of incapable is powerless or helpless, as through injury or intoxication. Incapable is also foll by of not susceptible ; not admitting.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH INCAPABLE


capable
ˈkeɪpəbəl
clippable
ˈklɪpəbəl
dippable
ˈdɪpəbəl
drapeable
ˈdreɪpəbəl
escapable
ɪsˈkeɪpəbəl
inescapable
ˌɪnɪˈskeɪpəbəl
papable
ˈpeɪpəbəl
participable
pɑːˈtɪsɪpəbəl
rippable
ˈrɪpəbəl
shapable
ˈʃeɪpəbəl
shapeable
ˈʃeɪpəbəl
shippable
ˈʃɪpəbəl
skippable
ˈskɪpəbəl
strippable
ˈstrɪpəbəl
tapeable
ˈteɪpəbəl
tippable
ˈtɪpəbəl
typable
ˈtaɪpəbəl
unescapable
ˌʌnɪˈskeɪpəbəl
untypable
ʌnˈtaɪpəbəl
worshipable
ˈwɜːʃɪpəbəl

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE INCAPABLE

incantation
incantational
incantator
incantatory
incapability
incapableness
incapably
incapacious
incapaciousness
incapacitant
incapacitate
incapacitated
incapacitating
incapacitation
incapacities
incapacity
incapacity benefit
Incaparina
incapsulate
incapsulation

WORDS THAT END LIKE INCAPABLE

able
culpable
developable
droppable
exculpable
graspable
helpable
hot-swappable
impalpable
inculpable
jumpable
mappable
palpable
recappable
recoupable
scoopable
stoppable
tappable
unflappable
ungraspable
unstoppable

Synonyms and antonyms of incapable in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «INCAPABLE»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «incapable» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of incapable

Translation of «incapable» into 25 languages

TRANSLATOR
online translator

TRANSLATION OF INCAPABLE

Find out the translation of incapable to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of incapable from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «incapable» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

无能力的
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

incapaz
570 millions of speakers

English

incapable
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

काबिल
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

عاجزة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

неспособным
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

incapaz
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

অসমর্থ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

incapable
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

tidak berupaya
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

unfähig
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

無能な
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

~할 능력이 없는
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Ora bisa
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

không có khả năng
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

திறனற்று
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

असमर्थनीय
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

aciz
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

incapace
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

niezdolna
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

нездатним
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

incapabil
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ανίκανο
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

onbevoeg
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

oförmögen
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

uskikket
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of incapable

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «INCAPABLE»

The term «incapable» is very widely used and occupies the 23.205 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
0
100%
FREQUENCY
Very widely used
90
/100
The map shown above gives the frequency of use of the term «incapable» in the different countries.
Principal search tendencies and common uses of incapable
List of principal searches undertaken by users to access our English online dictionary and most widely used expressions with the word «incapable».

FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «INCAPABLE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «incapable» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «incapable» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about incapable

EXAMPLES

10 QUOTES WITH «INCAPABLE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word incapable.
1
Bashar al-Assad
The U.S. and Britain are incapable of controlling all of Iraq.
2
Marcia Angell
Obamacare is simply incapable of doing what it is supposed to do - provide nearly universal care at an affordable and sustainable cost.
3
Paul Arden
You need to aim beyond what you are capable of. You must develop a complete disregard for where your abilities end. Try to do things that you're incapable of... If you think you're incapable of running a company, make that your aim... Make your vision of where you want to be a reality. Nothing is impossible.
4
Fred Armisen
I have an inability to relax. I try to make every day a work day. I get pleasure from work... I try to think of sketch ideas, stand-up pieces. I am incapable of leisure and leisure time.
5
Mary Astell
Although it has been said by men of more wit than wisdom, and perhaps more malice than either, that women are naturally incapable of acting prudently, or that they are necessarily determined to folly, I must by no means grant it.
6
Sarah Bernhardt
He who is incapable of feeling strong passions, of being shaken by anger, of living in every sense of the word, will never be a good actor.
7
Anne Bradstreet
Iron till it be thoroughly heated is incapable to be wrought; so God sees good to cast some men into the furnace of affliction, and then beats them on his anvil into what frame he pleases.
8
Marcus Brigstocke
I have learnt that I am incapable of packing the right amount of clothing, probably because I start 10 minutes before I'm supposed to leave, and that I truly hate airports.
9
James L. Buckley
The Court made an exception, however, in the case of candidates contributing to their own campaigns because of the rather reasonable presumption that a candidate is incapable of corrupting himself.
10
James Callaghan
Some people, however long their experience or strong their intellect, are temperamentally incapable of reaching firm decisions.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «INCAPABLE»

Discover the use of incapable in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to incapable and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Law and Practice of International Commercial Arbitration
The court granted the stay, on the basis that it was not persuaded that the arbitration agreement was inoperative or incapable of being performed. The judge considered that there were likely to be: "English speaking people, lawyers, and/or oil ...
‎2004
2
The Political Register, and Impartial Review of New Books
If the houfe of commons by a vote can incapacitate Mr. Wilkes, why could they not have incapacitated the commiiiicncrs of the cuftoras and e.vcife, their fccretaries, plantation governors, and a number of other perfons who are made incapable ...
John Almon, 1769
3
Part II. of successions
And there are two sorts of persons who have it not ; those who are incapable, and those who are unworthy of it.y XVIII. 3033. Difference between the Incapacity of making a Will, and thai of receiving Benefit by one. — The incapacities of making  ...
Jean Domat, Luther Stearns Cushing, 1850
4
The Royal Phraseological English-French, French-English ...
INCAPABLE, adj. unable; incapable. Il est incapable de marcher, de se tenir debout, he is unable to walk; to stand up. Il est incapable de filire cela, be in incapable to do that. Je suis incapable de vous tromper, I am incapable ol' Lleceiving you ...
John Charles Tarver, 1867
5
Anglo-American Telegraphic Code to Cheapen Telegraphy and to ...
.Inappropriate to the occasion . . .Is (are) inappropriate Was (were) inappropriate . . .Would be inappropriate Incapable. If incapable . . .If not incapable . . .Incapable of holding Incapable of it . . .Incapable of such action . . .Is (are) incapable .
‎1891
6
Report of the Royal Commission on the Liquor Traffic in ...
Royal Commission on the Liquor Traffic, Joseph McLeod. Statement *ufmitted by W. D. McCallum, Totrn Clerk, Truro — Continued. TOWN OF TRURO. Licenses were granted in the following years. 1882. Drunk and disorderly 22 do incapable .
Canada. Royal Commission on the Liquor Traffic, Joseph McLeod, 1894
7
Texbook On Contract Law Including Specific Relief
Thus, a person who is not competent to contract within the meaning of section 11 of the Contract Act can be said to be a person incapable of entering into a contract under section 68 of the Contract Act. There are following two essential ...
Meena R.L., 2008
8
Annotated Cases, American and English: Containing the ...
If, by the act of God, before the time fixed for the consummation of the marriage, either party is rendered incapable of giving that which the contract calls for, the other party may repudiate the agreement to marry, because of the failure, through  ...
‎1917
9
Synonyms Discriminated: A Dictionary of Synonymous Words in ...
Incompetent is only employed of persons; I NCArABLE may be employed of inanimate substances, as a bridge may be so dilapidated as to be incapable of repair. An incompetent person ; an incapable subject. The incompetent cannot act ; trie ...
Charles John Smith, 1910
10
Clinical Trials in Belgium
An experiment on an adult, who is incapable to consent, is permitted only if the following conditions are met (Article 8 LEH): 10 the informed consent of the legal representative has been obtained. This consent must represent the subject's ...
Caroline Trouet, 2004

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «INCAPABLE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term incapable is used in the context of the following news items.
1
'Unfit for work' Stephanie Davis sacked from Hollyoaks after turning …
The actress, who played Sinead O'Connor, was given the boot after she turned up on set incapable of carrying out her duties. Share; Share ... «Mirror.co.uk, Jul 15»
2
Don't call believers in homeopathy idiots – it will push them further …
Since it is often perceived to be easy to access data, those who fail to agree with the scientific consensus are considered ignorant (or incapable ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»
3
Labour must learn to speak human, whatever its policies | Jonathan …
Labour had proved themselves fiscally incapable. They had failed “to mend the roof when the sun was shining”. The Tories, by contrast, were ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»
4
Tearful schoolgirl shows up Merkel's stiffness | The World
... strokes), provoked a stream of tweets about the chancellor being “cold”, “cool”, “incapable of empathy” “unemotional” and even “inhuman”. «FT.com, Jul 15»
5
Best Buy has spammed me more than all of Nigeria's princes …
This is a giant company that deals in technology, and it seems to be incapable of creating a customer support system that can process a simple ... «Ars Technica UK, Jul 15»
6
Based on breakout timelines, the world is better off with the Iran …
The Arak reactor's modification will render it incapable of producing such plutonium, essentially permanently because of difficulty of modifying ... «Brookings Institution, Jul 15»
7
South Wales Echo letters: Friday, July 17, 2015 - Wales Online
Since some parents appeared to be incapable of exercising control over them, their child is now likely to face problems, having a major ... «WalesOnline, Jul 15»
8
Pluto mishap almost killed the mission - Business Insider
So even though the team could talk to it again, all of the scientific instruments were frozen, incapable of operating. No instruments meant no ... «Business Insider, Jul 15»
9
Lucy Cavendish's Handsome Friend has something to tell her …
asks Raymond, almost incapable of speech. I take his hand and dig my nails into it. “Ow!” he says. “I have something to ask your mother. «Telegraph.co.uk, Jul 15»
10
Dave Chappelle vs the new intolerance | Arts & Culture | Comedy …
... comedy, the 'liberals' in his audience who were once able to suspend their sensitivities for a night of stand-up are now incapable of doing so. «Spiked, Jul 15»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Incapable [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/incapable>. Apr 2024 ».
Download the educalingo app
en
English dictionary
Discover all that is hidden in the words on
index
a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z