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Synonyms for incapacity

Grammar : Noun
Spell : in-kuh-pas-i-tee
Phonetic Transcription : ˌɪn kəˈpæs ɪ ti

Définition of incapacity

Origin :
  • 1610s, from French incapacité (16c.), from Medieval Latin incapacitatem (nominative incapacitas), from Late Latin incapax (genitive incapacis) "incapable," from in- "not" (see in- (1)) + Latin capax "capable," literally "able to hold much," from capere "to take" (see capable). Often used 17c. as a legal term referring to inability to take, receive, or deal with in some way.
  • noun inadequacy
Example sentences :
  • Perhaps Anna's incapacity, which had always annoyed her, had been physical.
  • Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart
  • A method of distinction so cheap that fools employ it to accentuate their incapacity.
  • Extract from : « The Devil's Dictionary » by Ambrose Bierce
  • A man of defeats and of incapacity to be thus worshipped as a hero!
  • Extract from : « Diary from November 12, 1862, to October 18, 1863 » by Adam Gurowski
  • It is incapacity to imagine, still less to shape, the yet unknown.
  • Extract from : « The New Society » by Walther Rathenau
  • This has been an irremediable evil, as well as my incapacity to draw.
  • Extract from : « The Autobiography of Charles Darwin » by Charles Darwin
  • This lack of perception, this incapacity for enjoyment of the beautiful, is vulgarity.
  • Extract from : « Practical Ethics » by William DeWitt Hyde
  • His appointments to office were marked by favoritism and incapacity.
  • Extract from : « The New Nation » by Frederic L. Paxson
  • But as for incapacity, I do not feel that; and I shall not say what I do not feel.
  • Extract from : « In Convent Walls » by Emily Sarah Holt
  • But his incapacity to understand it is mixed with a certain awe.
  • Extract from : « Modern Women and What is Said of Them » by Anonymous
  • Besides, the laziness and incapacity of the negro had been more than he could endure.
  • Extract from : « The Clansman » by Thomas Dixon

Antonyms for incapacity

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