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[ in-kuh-pas-i-tee ] / ˌɪn kəˈpæs ɪ ti / SEE SYNONYMS FOR incapacity ON THESAURUS.COM
nounlack of ability, qualification, or strength; incapability. Law. lack of the legal power to act in a specified way or ways. Origin of incapacityFrom the Late Latin word incapācitās, dating back to 1605–15. See in-3, capacity Words nearby incapacityincantatory, incapable, incapacitant, incapacitate, incapacitated, incapacity, incapacity benefit, Incaparina, incapsulate, in-car, incarcerate Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for incapacityWill our incapacity to govern efficiently and effectively further weaken our image as a global leader? Obama’s Nightmare: Reelected in 2012 but Republicans Take the Senate|Thomas E. Cronin|December 29, 2011|DAILY BEAST Part of this absence of empathy is an incapacity for self-examination. Who Made Frank Rich God?|Lee Siegel|March 16, 2009|DAILY BEAST We may even say that these fits of incapacity and blank despondency are part of the cost of all creative work. Adventures in Criticism|Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch The venerable holy men on either side have all Bellini's suave benignancy and incapacity for sin: celestial grandfathers. A Wanderer in Venice|E.V. Lucas
The quality and incapacity of the fallen race is accurately described in Rom. Satan|Lewis Sperry Chafer The pessimist is further characterised by an incapacity for prolonged attention, a refractory attention and a feeble will. Degeneracy|Eugene S. Talbot Death swept away his sons, whose success in life might have balanced his own bad luck and incapacity. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction|Various
British Dictionary definitions for incapacity
noun plural -tieslack of power, strength, or capacity; inability law - legal disqualification or ineligibility
- a circumstance causing this
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to incapacityinability, insufficiency, disqualification, incapability |