as in unfit
lacking qualities (as knowledge, skill, or ability) required to do a job
hired a supremely incapable assistant who only made a mess of things
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Recent Examples of incapable
Although incapable of exercising the right of suffrage themselves, why may it not be exercised for them by that active part of the society which exercises the same right for others equally incapable of acting for themselves.
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Ann Manov,
Harpers Magazine,
23 June 2026
The capsule lacks a propulsion system and is incapable of deorbiting itself.
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Josh Dinner,
Space.com,
22 June 2026
The major platforms, Ringelstein argued, are simply incapable of doing what Zigazoo does — not unwilling, but structurally unable.
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Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
21 June 2026
Facing a right-handed pitcher on a team completely incapable of holding runners, Cox just stood there.
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Dieter Kurtenbach,
Mercury News,
21 June 2026
See All Example Sentences for incapable
Ann Manov,
Harpers Magazine,
23 June 2026
The capsule lacks a propulsion system and is incapable of deorbiting itself.
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Josh Dinner,
Space.com,
22 June 2026
The major platforms, Ringelstein argued, are simply incapable of doing what Zigazoo does — not unwilling, but structurally unable.
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Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
21 June 2026
Facing a right-handed pitcher on a team completely incapable of holding runners, Cox just stood there.
—
Dieter Kurtenbach,
Mercury News,
21 June 2026
See All Example Sentences for incapable
Recent Examples of Synonyms for incapable
Adjective
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There are worse strategies, but perhaps the unfit 18-year-old can’t do it all himself.
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The plan to buy large warehouses unfit for human habitation and spend millions more to convert them to prisons sparked nationwide backlash and pointed resistance in Social Circle and Oakwood.
Adjective
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Clinical psychologists concluded after exams in the six years since his arrest that McGuire was incompetent to stand trial.
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She was found incompetent to stand trial and was committed to the Missouri Department of Mental Health, according to a statement provided by Jackson County Prosecutor’s Office spokesperson Jazzlyn Johnson.
Adjective
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Mix Materials The beauty in the unfitted kitchen aesthetic is found in its collected look.
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The venerable American clan at the center of the narrator’s reminiscences are wholly unfitted to the modern world and no longer endowed with the fortune that one of them brought home long ago on clipper ships.
Adjective
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If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help.
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Upon arrival, deputies were unable to locate the boat or a suspect and their search began, according to a news release shared on Friday.
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“Incapable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/incapable. Accessed 1 Jul. 2026.
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