as in inability
the lack of sufficient ability, power, or means
the apparent incapability of the president's staff to deal with the crisis
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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 incapability
Joshua Kloke, New York Times, 15 May 2025
And very worried about our children who seem incapable and uninterested in supporting themselves.
—R. Eric Thomas, Chicago Tribune, 7 May 2025
They had been maligned as mentally inferior, incapable of understanding the complexities of NFL offenses.
—Cary Goodman, New York Daily News, 4 May 2025
Hampered by this erroneous guidance, health authorities and the American public began to believe that women were physically incapable of producing enough breastmilk.
— Made By History, Time, 29 Apr. 2025
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Adjective
Just as in years past, those players looked incapable of doing so.
—Joshua Kloke, New York Times, 15 May 2025
And very worried about our children who seem incapable and uninterested in supporting themselves.
—R. Eric Thomas, Chicago Tribune, 7 May 2025
They had been maligned as mentally inferior, incapable of understanding the complexities of NFL offenses.
—Cary Goodman, New York Daily News, 4 May 2025
Hampered by this erroneous guidance, health authorities and the American public began to believe that women were physically incapable of producing enough breastmilk.
— Made By History, Time, 29 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for incapability
Noun
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The family might not have chosen to terminate the pregnancy anyway, Newkirk said, but their trauma was compounded by the inability to make the decision for themselves.—
Jeanine Santucci,
USA Today,
15 May 2025
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Gordon filled the strike zone and never shied away from adversity, even with a total inability to miss bats.—
Chandler Rome,
New York Times,
15 May 2025
Adjective
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That figure comprises people found psychiatrically unfit for trial but are stuck on Rikers awaiting a bed in a state psychiatric facility.—
Graham Rayman,
New York Daily News,
5 May 2025
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Declared mentally unfit to stand trial, he was committed to the Mendota Mental Health Institute.—
Jenna deJong,
MSNBC Newsweek,
5 May 2025
Adjective
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The Trump administration has pulled the plug on a program that provides legal help to immigrants who are determined mentally incompetent, according to a lawsuit filed by immigration legal groups.—
Suzanne Gamboa,
NBC news,
6 May 2025
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City Council, do the right thing for once and put it on the ballot to overturn the requirement of requiring our incompetent city management to do this.—
U T Readers,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
26 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Mix Materials The beauty in the unfitted kitchen aesthetic is found in its collected look.—
Patricia Shannon,
Better Homes & Gardens,
6 May 2025
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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.—
Daniel Akst,
WSJ,
2 Sep. 2022
Adjective
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For two weeks prior to exams, the platform repeatedly crashed, leaving tens of thousands of teachers and students unable to access critical instructional tools.—
Scott White,
Forbes.com,
18 May 2025
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With families unable to pay for meals and schools unwilling to deny children food, many schools are left to absorb upwards of $20K in deficits from the rest of their budgets.—
Grace Chung,
Hartford Courant,
17 May 2025
Cite this Entry
“Incapability.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/incapability. Accessed 22 May. 2025.
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