incapabilityn.
/ɪnkeɪpəˈbɪlɪti/ The quality or condition of being incapable; incapacity, inability, incompetence: see the adjective.
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unablenessc1380
unabletyc1380
infirmityc1384
unabilityc1475
non-ability1477
inability1500
disability1545
unsufficiency1580
disablement1597
disableness1609
incapacity1611
uncapableness1611
incapability1632
incapableness1632
uncapabilitya1644
incompatibility1659
incompetibilitya1660
uncapacity1681
invalidity1698
disable1827
1632 R. Sherwood Dict. in R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues (new ed.) Incapabilitie, or incapablenesse.
a1642 J. Suckling Lett. Divers Eminent Personages 89 in Fragmenta Aurea (1646) You have nothing to urge but a kind of incapability in your self to the service of this State.
1665 R. Boyle Occas. Refl. vi. x. sig. Oo7v An absolute Incapability of Love.
1793 T. Holcroft tr. J. C. Lavater Ess. Physiognomy (abridged ed.) xlv. 228 There are capabilities and incapabilities in the countenance.
1868 J. S. Mill Eng. & Ireland 41 The difficulty of governing Ireland lies entirely in our own minds; it is an incapability of understanding.
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