Antonyms for capabilities


Grammar : Noun
Spell : key-puh-bil-i-tee
Phonetic Transcription : ˌkeɪ pəˈbɪl ɪ ti


Definition of capabilities

Origin :
  • 1580s, from capable + -ity. Capabilities "undeveloped faculty or property" is attested from 1778.
  • noun ability to perform
Example sentences :
  • He sees at once the capabilities of a tale, but he will not use it except he may do with it what he pleases.
  • Extract from : « A Dish Of Orts » by George MacDonald
  • They are strangely suggestive of the capabilities of the art.
  • Extract from : « Leading Articles on Various Subjects » by Hugh Miller
  • He was daily growing to have a higher opinion of her wisdom and capabilities.
  • Extract from : « Fair Harbor » by Joseph Crosby Lincoln
  • He would have been the last to blame her for this; her estimate of his capabilities was like his own, that was all.
  • Extract from : « Shavings » by Joseph C. Lincoln
  • His capabilities may be small or great; if he but use them all, he is a success.
  • Extract from : « A Forest Hearth: A Romance of Indiana in the Thirties » by Charles Major
  • And it would be futile to speculate on the capabilities of that armament.
  • Extract from : « Decision » by Frank M. Robinson
  • With a quickness that rarely deceived him, Dunn saw his capabilities.
  • Extract from : « Davenport Dunn, Volume 1 (of 2) » by Charles James Lever
  • Its capabilities it owes to its great length and great continuity.
  • Extract from : « Ancient Law » by Sir Henry James Sumner Maine
  • They had other properties of mind, other capabilities that men did not have.
  • Extract from : « The Dark Door » by Alan Edward Nourse
  • But he showed no intention of availing himself of these capabilities.
  • Extract from : « Evenings at Donaldson Manor » by Maria J. McIntosh

Synonyms for capabilities

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