incapableadj.n.

/ɪnˈkeɪpəb(ə)l/

Etymology: < medieval Latin incapābilis, < in- (in- prefix⁴) + capābilis capable adj. and n. (French incapable is known from 1517 (Hatzfeld & Darmesteter); capable in English from c1560.)

A. adj.

I. Not capable; the opposite of capable.

†1.

a. Unable to take in, receive, contain, hold, or keep. Const. of. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > relinquishing > [adjective] > unable to keep or retain

incapable1609

incontinent1641

1609 W. Shakespeare Sonnets cxiii. sig. G4^v Incapable of more repleat, with you, My most true minde thus maketh mine eye vntrue.

1628 T. Hobbes tr. Thucydides Peloponnesian War (1882) 2 Attica being incapable of them itself, they sent out colonies into Ionia.

1683 D. A. Whole Art Converse 104 The Mobility of their Spirits, and the Volubility of their Tongues, make them incapable of a Secret.

1841 L. Hunt Seer (1864) 2 This dandy would be incapable of his own wealth.

†b. Unable to receive or take calmly, put up with, or endure; impatient or intolerant of. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > excitement > excitability of temperament > impatience > [adjective] > impatient of something

impatienta1535

incompatible1613

unendurable1630

incapable1643

1643 Sir T. Browne Religio Medici (authorized ed.) Pref. Men of my condition may be as incapable of affronts as hopeless of their reparations.

1712 R. Steele Spectator No. 438. ⁋4 Your Temper is Wanton, and incapable of the least Pain.

2. Unable or unfit to receive so as to be affected or influenced by; not open to or susceptible of; unable to ‘take in’ so as to realize, insensible to. Const. of. Obsolete or archaic.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > absence of emotion > [adjective] > lacking emotional sensibility

unfeelingc1000

mis-feelinga1382

stonishc1450

unpainfulc1450

obtuse1509

sprightlessa1522

insensate1553

senseless1560

soulless1568

dull-esprited1591

impassible1592

bluntie1598

impenetrable1600

stockish1600

stolidc1600

incapable1601

stupid1605

tasteless1605

unsensitive1610

unexalted1611

insensible1617

unsensible1619

languid1622

immovable1639

dead-hearted1642

sterile1642

resupine1643

unaffectionate1645

iron-bound1648

resentlessa1649

torpid1656

torpulent1657

impassive1699

unreceptive1722

hebete1743

apathetic1744

stubbed1744

gustless1766

unresponsive1768

unsusceptible1779

tideless-blooded1786

unaffectioned1788

inaccessible1796

hebetudinous1820

unimpressible1828

insensitive1834

apathetical1835

non-sensitive1836

blunt-hearted1845

irreceptive1846

unreceptant1846

unimpressionable1847

anaesthetic1860

insentient1860

hard (also tough, sharp) as nails1862

unsqueamish1893

tone-deaf1894

unget-at-able1897

facty1901

zombie1937

pegamoid1957

the mind > emotion > absence of emotion > [adjective] > emotionally unaffected

dead1340

unsmittenc1400

unmovedc1480

unkindleda1525

senseless1560

lumpish1585

unfired1590

unaffectedc1595

incapable1601

unsensible1611

insensible1615

untouched1616

impervious1618

unanswering1632

untransported1641

beauty-proof1676

insensate1726

unsusceptible1734

uninfluenced1735

unimbued1813

unsmote1814

unsusceptive1825

unalive1828

echoless1869

non-conducting1871

unsusceptible1872

irresponsive1886

affectless1912

1601 R. Johnson tr. G. Botero Trauellers Breuiat 56 Plato deemed the Cyrenians incapable of discipline, by reason of their long prosperitie.

1604 W. Shakespeare Hamlet iv. vii. 150 As one incapable [1603 vncapable] of her owne distresse.

a1644 F. Quarles Judgem. & Mercy (1646) 11 Lord, wherein am I more uncapable of thy indignation [than Babel's proud king]?

1683 W. Soames tr. N. Boileau-Despréaux Art of Poetry (R.) Decrepit age;—Incapable of pleasures youth abuse, In others blames what age does him refuse.

1830 J. F. W. Herschel Prelim. Disc. Study Nat. Philos. 81 If he refuse this, he is incapable of science.

3. Of such a nature, or in such a condition, as not to allow or admit of; not admitting or susceptible of. Const. of; also formerly with infinitive.Equivalent to ‘that cannot’ with an infinitive passive; e.g. incapable of measurement, or incapable of being measured = ‘that cannot be measured’.

ΚΠ

1712 E. Budgell Spectator No. 401. ¶3 His Person..might..make him believe himself not incapable to be beloved.

1748 B. Robins & R. Walter Voy. round World by Anson ii. viii. 219 The pearl oyster..was incapable of being eaten.

1871 B. Stewart Heat (ed. 2) §289 Unavoidable loss of heat which is incapable of accurate measurement.

1872 J. Yeats Techn. Hist. Commerce 430 Permanent, and incapable of being lost.

a. Not having the capacity, power, or fitness for a specified function, action, etc.; unable. Const. of; also formerly with infinitive.With verbal nouns, or infinitives, equivalent to ‘that cannot’ with an infinitive active; e.g. incapable of aspiration, or incapable of aspiring = ‘that cannot aspire’.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > ability > inability > [adjective] > incapable of doing something

unablec1380

void1578

uncapable1600

incapablea1616

destitute1645

a1616 W. Shakespeare Tempest (1623) i. ii. 111 Of temporall roalties [sic] He thinks me now incapable .

a1616 W. Shakespeare Winter's Tale (1623) iv. iv. 397 Is not your Father growne incapeable Of reasonable affayres?

1674 A. Cremer tr. J. Scheffer Hist. Lapland 34 Their understanding..incapable of discerning between true and false.

1781 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall III. xxix. 124 A claim, which they were incapable of supporting, either by reason, or by arms.

1783 Hist. Miss Baltimores I. 179 I..was almost incapable to utter a syllable.

1837 H. Hallam Introd. Lit. Europe I. iii. 283 Incapable, in the infancy of criticism, to discern authentic from spurious writings.

1842 J. W. Carlyle Lett. I. 149 I am still incapable of much exertion.

1895 Bookman Oct. 22/2 Louis [XIV.]..was also quite incapable of appreciating genius in others.

b. In a good sense: Not having the depravity, effrontery, or moral weakness for a specified act, etc.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > ability > inability > [adjective] > incapable of doing something > incapable of something evil

incapable1755

1755 E. Young Centaur ii, in Wks. (1757) IV. 136 The world..was incapable of so great a guilt.

1828 W. Scott Fair Maid of Perth iv, in Chron. Canongate 2nd Ser. III. 73 My foes..have laid things to my charge whereof I am incapable, even in thought.

1870 W. C. Bryant tr. Homer Iliad I. v. 147 The valiant Diomede replied, Incapable of fear.

5. absol. Destitute of, or deficient in, ordinary capacity or natural ability; incompetent; without natural qualification.In drunk and incapable (in police reports), i.e. so drunk as to be incapable of taking care of himself.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > ability > inability > [adjective]

unmightyOE

unmightfulc1450

disablea1500

non-able1552

incapable1597

uncapable1627

matterless1794

the world > food and drink > drink > thirst > excess in drinking > [adjective] > drunk > insensibly drunk

dead drunk1599

to drink (a person) dead drunk1609

paralytic1843

sodden1850

paralysed1870

speechless1881

drunk and incapable1883

dead-oh1889

rumdum1891

passed-out1927

out to it1941

trashed1966

wiped1966

1597 W. Shakespeare Richard III ii. ii. 18 Incapable [1623 Incapeable] and shallow innocents, You cannot guesse who causde your fathers death.

1623 H. Cockeram Eng. Dict. Incapable, which cannot conceiue, a foole.

1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. II. vi. 158 That the finances might not be ruined by incapable and inexperienced Papists.

1883 C. J. Wills In Land of Lion & Sun 139 In a few days he was found..drunk and incapable in the street.

6. Not having some external, esp. legal, qualification; not legally qualified or entitled; disqualified. Const. of; also formerly with infinitive.

ΘΚΠ

society > law > legal capacity > [adjective] > not

uncapable1589

incompetent1595

incapable1651

the world > action or operation > ability > inability > [adjective] > unable or unapt > unfit or unqualified

indisposedc1449

unabled1497

unhabile1539

unqualified1556

inabilitate1577

incapable1651

inhabile1727

1651 T. Hobbes Leviathan ii. xix. 100 They are incapable of Election of any new Monarch.

1712 J. Addison Spectator No. 495. ¶8 The Jews..are in most if not all Places incapable of either Lands or Offices.

1769 Resol. Ho. Commons 17 Feb. John Wilkes Esq.:..was and is incapable of being elected a Member to serve in this present Parliament.

1818 H. Hallam View Europe Middle Ages I. ii. 155 Incapable of property, and destitute of redress.

1855 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. III. xv. 518 That every person who..should presume to take any such office..should be for life incapable of holding any public employment whatever.

II. In passive sense = medieval Latin incapābilis that cannot be taken in or comprehended.

†7. That cannot be received or apprehended. Const. to. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > unintelligibility > [adjective]

uncouthc897

unnimlyc1225

incomprehensiblea1340

unsearchablec1384

unknowable?c1400

investigablea1425

uncomprehensiblea1425

unthinkablec1445

imperscrutablec1450

inscrutablec1450

inopinable?a1475

incomprenable1502

unspectable?1504

incogitablec1522

uncogitable1529

impenetrable1531

inimaginable1534

inexplicable1555

unsensible1555

unscrutable1562

unfashionable1563

unpenetrable1581

unexcogitable1592

ineffable1598

inexcogitable1599

indivinable1603

ininvestigable1604

incapable1605

searchless?1606

uncomprehensive1609

unconceivable1611

undivinable1611

unimaginable1611

unexplicable1615

unintelligible1616

unapprehensible?1617

unfathomable1617

imprehensible1622

ununderstandablea1631

indeprehensible1633

indiscernible1635

inscrute1639

inapprehensiblea1641

indiscoverable1640

unexaminable1641

impervestigable1643

fathomless1645

inconceivable1646

indeterminable1646

inexplorable1646

insearchable1647

incomprehended1652

comprehendlessa1654

incomprehensive1656

untraceable1661

uninvestigablea1677

unintelligent1683

incognoscible1691

thought-transcendinga1711

uncognizable1720

acataleptic1727

undescriptive1744

elusive1751

impalpable1781

inaccessible1796

unconjecturable1806

uncognoscible1821

unascertainable1827

unfixable1831

unguessable1832

unrealizable1832

unsurveyable1833

hard-shelled1835

unintellective1837

undeemed1845

graspless1849

unconjectured1850

incognizable1852

ungraspable1853

unreadable1853

super-cerebral1854

elusory1856

trans-conscious1865

intangible1880

uncatchable1892

unspelt1892

unplumbable1895

unknowledgeable1920

indiscutable1933

1605 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. i. i. 6 God, of himselfe incapable to sence, In's Works reueales him t'our intelligence.

a1625 Boys in C. H. Spurgeon Treasury of David (1870) I. Ps. xix. Introd. God is incapable to sense, yet he makes himself..visible in his works.

B. n.

A thoroughly incompetent person; one without capacity or ability.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > stupid, foolish, or inadequate person > person of weak intellect > [noun]

mis-feelinga1382

noddyship?1589

shallow-pate1600

wattle-head1613

insensiblea1618

non-intelligent1628

underhead1643

no conjurer1668

insipid1699

shallow-brains1707

sillytonian1707

inane1710

coof1724

incapable1809

ganache1814

insipidity1822

wanwit1837

opacity1844

stupiditarian1850

scant-brain1864

insensate1877

slowie1901

no-brow1926

1809 J. Bentham Plan Parl. Reform (1817) 25 Many opulent, and thence idle incapables..crowd the list.

1838 E. Bulwer-Lytton Alice III. xi. iv. 274 Saxingham and his friends were imbeciles—incapables.

1861 J. G. Sheppard Fall of Rome vii. 360 The guidance of an Incapable like Radagasius.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	incapable
释义	incapableadj.n. /ɪnˈkeɪpəb(ə)l/ Etymology: < medieval Latin incapābilis, < in- (in- prefix⁴) + capābilis capable adj. and n. (French incapable is known from 1517 (Hatzfeld & Darmesteter); capable in English from c1560.) A. adj. I. Not capable; the opposite of capable. †1. a. Unable to take in, receive, contain, hold, or keep. Const. of. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > relinquishing > [adjective] > unable to keep or retain incapable1609 incontinent1641 1609 W. Shakespeare Sonnets cxiii. sig. G4^v Incapable of more repleat, with you, My most true minde thus maketh mine eye vntrue. View more context for this quotation 1628 T. Hobbes tr. Thucydides Peloponnesian War (1882) 2 Attica being incapable of them itself, they sent out colonies into Ionia. 1683 D. A. Whole Art Converse 104 The Mobility of their Spirits, and the Volubility of their Tongues, make them incapable of a Secret. 1841 L. Hunt Seer (1864) 2 This dandy would be incapable of his own wealth. †b. Unable to receive or take calmly, put up with, or endure; impatient or intolerant of. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > excitement > excitability of temperament > impatience > [adjective] > impatient of something impatienta1535 incompatible1613 unendurable1630 incapable1643 1643 Sir T. Browne Religio Medici (authorized ed.) Pref. Men of my condition may be as incapable of affronts as hopeless of their reparations. View more context for this quotation 1712 R. Steele Spectator No. 438. ⁋4 Your Temper is Wanton, and incapable of the least Pain. 2. Unable or unfit to receive so as to be affected or influenced by; not open to or susceptible of; unable to ‘take in’ so as to realize, insensible to. Const. of. Obsolete or archaic. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > absence of emotion > [adjective] > lacking emotional sensibility unfeelingc1000 mis-feelinga1382 stonishc1450 unpainfulc1450 obtuse1509 sprightlessa1522 insensate1553 senseless1560 soulless1568 dull-esprited1591 impassible1592 bluntie1598 impenetrable1600 stockish1600 stolidc1600 incapable1601 stupid1605 tasteless1605 unsensitive1610 unexalted1611 insensible1617 unsensible1619 languid1622 immovable1639 dead-hearted1642 sterile1642 resupine1643 unaffectionate1645 iron-bound1648 resentlessa1649 torpid1656 torpulent1657 impassive1699 unreceptive1722 hebete1743 apathetic1744 stubbed1744 gustless1766 unresponsive1768 unsusceptible1779 tideless-blooded1786 unaffectioned1788 inaccessible1796 hebetudinous1820 unimpressible1828 insensitive1834 apathetical1835 non-sensitive1836 blunt-hearted1845 irreceptive1846 unreceptant1846 unimpressionable1847 anaesthetic1860 insentient1860 hard (also tough, sharp) as nails1862 unsqueamish1893 tone-deaf1894 unget-at-able1897 facty1901 zombie1937 pegamoid1957 the mind > emotion > absence of emotion > [adjective] > emotionally unaffected dead1340 unsmittenc1400 unmovedc1480 unkindleda1525 senseless1560 lumpish1585 unfired1590 unaffectedc1595 incapable1601 unsensible1611 insensible1615 untouched1616 impervious1618 unanswering1632 untransported1641 beauty-proof1676 insensate1726 unsusceptible1734 uninfluenced1735 unimbued1813 unsmote1814 unsusceptive1825 unalive1828 echoless1869 non-conducting1871 unsusceptible1872 irresponsive1886 affectless1912 1601 R. Johnson tr. G. Botero Trauellers Breuiat 56 Plato deemed the Cyrenians incapable of discipline, by reason of their long prosperitie. 1604 W. Shakespeare Hamlet iv. vii. 150 As one incapable [1603 vncapable] of her owne distresse. View more context for this quotation a1644 F. Quarles Judgem. & Mercy (1646) 11 Lord, wherein am I more uncapable of thy indignation [than Babel's proud king]? 1683 W. Soames tr. N. Boileau-Despréaux Art of Poetry (R.) Decrepit age;—Incapable of pleasures youth abuse, In others blames what age does him refuse. 1830 J. F. W. Herschel Prelim. Disc. Study Nat. Philos. 81 If he refuse this, he is incapable of science. 3. Of such a nature, or in such a condition, as not to allow or admit of; not admitting or susceptible of. Const. of; also formerly with infinitive.Equivalent to ‘that cannot’ with an infinitive passive; e.g. incapable of measurement, or incapable of being measured = ‘that cannot be measured’. ΚΠ 1712 E. Budgell Spectator No. 401. ¶3 His Person..might..make him believe himself not incapable to be beloved. 1748 B. Robins & R. Walter Voy. round World by Anson ii. viii. 219 The pearl oyster..was incapable of being eaten. 1871 B. Stewart Heat (ed. 2) §289 Unavoidable loss of heat which is incapable of accurate measurement. 1872 J. Yeats Techn. Hist. Commerce 430 Permanent, and incapable of being lost. 4. a. Not having the capacity, power, or fitness for a specified function, action, etc.; unable. Const. of; also formerly with infinitive.With verbal nouns, or infinitives, equivalent to ‘that cannot’ with an infinitive active; e.g. incapable of aspiration, or incapable of aspiring = ‘that cannot aspire’. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > ability > inability > [adjective] > incapable of doing something unablec1380 void1578 uncapable1600 incapablea1616 destitute1645 a1616 W. Shakespeare Tempest (1623) i. ii. 111 Of temporall roalties [sic] He thinks me now incapable . View more context for this quotation a1616 W. Shakespeare Winter's Tale (1623) iv. iv. 397 Is not your Father growne incapeable Of reasonable affayres? View more context for this quotation 1674 A. Cremer tr. J. Scheffer Hist. Lapland 34 Their understanding..incapable of discerning between true and false. 1781 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall III. xxix. 124 A claim, which they were incapable of supporting, either by reason, or by arms. 1783 Hist. Miss Baltimores I. 179 I..was almost incapable to utter a syllable. 1837 H. Hallam Introd. Lit. Europe I. iii. 283 Incapable, in the infancy of criticism, to discern authentic from spurious writings. 1842 J. W. Carlyle Lett. I. 149 I am still incapable of much exertion. 1895 Bookman Oct. 22/2 Louis [XIV.]..was also quite incapable of appreciating genius in others. b. In a good sense: Not having the depravity, effrontery, or moral weakness for a specified act, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > ability > inability > [adjective] > incapable of doing something > incapable of something evil incapable1755 1755 E. Young Centaur ii, in Wks. (1757) IV. 136 The world..was incapable of so great a guilt. 1828 W. Scott Fair Maid of Perth iv, in Chron. Canongate 2nd Ser. III. 73 My foes..have laid things to my charge whereof I am incapable, even in thought. 1870 W. C. Bryant tr. Homer Iliad I. v. 147 The valiant Diomede replied, Incapable of fear. 5. absol. Destitute of, or deficient in, ordinary capacity or natural ability; incompetent; without natural qualification.In drunk and incapable (in police reports), i.e. so drunk as to be incapable of taking care of himself. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > ability > inability > [adjective] unmightyOE unmightfulc1450 disablea1500 non-able1552 incapable1597 uncapable1627 matterless1794 the world > food and drink > drink > thirst > excess in drinking > [adjective] > drunk > insensibly drunk dead drunk1599 to drink (a person) dead drunk1609 paralytic1843 sodden1850 paralysed1870 speechless1881 drunk and incapable1883 dead-oh1889 rumdum1891 passed-out1927 out to it1941 trashed1966 wiped1966 1597 W. Shakespeare Richard III ii. ii. 18 Incapable [1623 Incapeable] and shallow innocents, You cannot guesse who causde your fathers death. View more context for this quotation 1623 H. Cockeram Eng. Dict. Incapable, which cannot conceiue, a foole. 1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. II. vi. 158 That the finances might not be ruined by incapable and inexperienced Papists. 1883 C. J. Wills In Land of Lion & Sun 139 In a few days he was found..drunk and incapable in the street. 6. Not having some external, esp. legal, qualification; not legally qualified or entitled; disqualified. Const. of; also formerly with infinitive. ΘΚΠ society > law > legal capacity > [adjective] > not uncapable1589 incompetent1595 incapable1651 the world > action or operation > ability > inability > [adjective] > unable or unapt > unfit or unqualified indisposedc1449 unabled1497 unhabile1539 unqualified1556 inabilitate1577 incapable1651 inhabile1727 1651 T. Hobbes Leviathan ii. xix. 100 They are incapable of Election of any new Monarch. 1712 J. Addison Spectator No. 495. ¶8 The Jews..are in most if not all Places incapable of either Lands or Offices. 1769 Resol. Ho. Commons 17 Feb. John Wilkes Esq.:..was and is incapable of being elected a Member to serve in this present Parliament. 1818 H. Hallam View Europe Middle Ages I. ii. 155 Incapable of property, and destitute of redress. 1855 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. III. xv. 518 That every person who..should presume to take any such office..should be for life incapable of holding any public employment whatever. II. In passive sense = medieval Latin incapābilis that cannot be taken in or comprehended. †7. That cannot be received or apprehended. Const. to. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > unintelligibility > [adjective] uncouthc897 unnimlyc1225 incomprehensiblea1340 unsearchablec1384 unknowable?c1400 investigablea1425 uncomprehensiblea1425 unthinkablec1445 imperscrutablec1450 inscrutablec1450 inopinable?a1475 incomprenable1502 unspectable?1504 incogitablec1522 uncogitable1529 impenetrable1531 inimaginable1534 inexplicable1555 unsensible1555 unscrutable1562 unfashionable1563 unpenetrable1581 unexcogitable1592 ineffable1598 inexcogitable1599 indivinable1603 ininvestigable1604 incapable1605 searchless?1606 uncomprehensive1609 unconceivable1611 undivinable1611 unimaginable1611 unexplicable1615 unintelligible1616 unapprehensible?1617 unfathomable1617 imprehensible1622 ununderstandablea1631 indeprehensible1633 indiscernible1635 inscrute1639 inapprehensiblea1641 indiscoverable1640 unexaminable1641 impervestigable1643 fathomless1645 inconceivable1646 indeterminable1646 inexplorable1646 insearchable1647 incomprehended1652 comprehendlessa1654 incomprehensive1656 untraceable1661 uninvestigablea1677 unintelligent1683 incognoscible1691 thought-transcendinga1711 uncognizable1720 acataleptic1727 undescriptive1744 elusive1751 impalpable1781 inaccessible1796 unconjecturable1806 uncognoscible1821 unascertainable1827 unfixable1831 unguessable1832 unrealizable1832 unsurveyable1833 hard-shelled1835 unintellective1837 undeemed1845 graspless1849 unconjectured1850 incognizable1852 ungraspable1853 unreadable1853 super-cerebral1854 elusory1856 trans-conscious1865 intangible1880 uncatchable1892 unspelt1892 unplumbable1895 unknowledgeable1920 indiscutable1933 1605 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. i. i. 6 God, of himselfe incapable to sence, In's Works reueales him t'our intelligence. a1625 Boys in C. H. Spurgeon Treasury of David (1870) I. Ps. xix. Introd. God is incapable to sense, yet he makes himself..visible in his works. B. n. A thoroughly incompetent person; one without capacity or ability. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > stupid, foolish, or inadequate person > person of weak intellect > [noun] mis-feelinga1382 noddyship?1589 shallow-pate1600 wattle-head1613 insensiblea1618 non-intelligent1628 underhead1643 no conjurer1668 insipid1699 shallow-brains1707 sillytonian1707 inane1710 coof1724 incapable1809 ganache1814 insipidity1822 wanwit1837 opacity1844 stupiditarian1850 scant-brain1864 insensate1877 slowie1901 no-brow1926 1809 J. Bentham Plan Parl. Reform (1817) 25 Many opulent, and thence idle incapables..crowd the list. 1838 E. Bulwer-Lytton Alice III. xi. iv. 274 Saxingham and his friends were imbeciles—incapables. 1861 J. G. Sheppard Fall of Rome vii. 360 The guidance of an Incapable like Radagasius. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < adj.n.1597
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