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
Domestic treble winners, WSL champions six years running, yet ineffably incapable of finding triumph in Europe.
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Megan Feringa, New York Times, 7 Oct. 2025
The film has included the more sensitive images of the anti-lockdown protests, but seems unwilling or incapable to confront what happened next.
—Yangyang Cheng, NPR, 4 Oct. 2025
While older kids were more likely to use algorithmic strategies, our finding contrasts with Piaget’s belief that children were incapable of this kind of systematic strategizing before 7 years of age.
—Celeste Kidd, The Conversation, 3 Oct. 2025
But when wildfires spread quickly, nesting condors and chicks incapable of flight are left vulnerable.
—John Leos, AZCentral.com, 1 Oct. 2025
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Megan Feringa, New York Times, 7 Oct. 2025
The film has included the more sensitive images of the anti-lockdown protests, but seems unwilling or incapable to confront what happened next.
—Yangyang Cheng, NPR, 4 Oct. 2025
While older kids were more likely to use algorithmic strategies, our finding contrasts with Piaget’s belief that children were incapable of this kind of systematic strategizing before 7 years of age.
—Celeste Kidd, The Conversation, 3 Oct. 2025
But when wildfires spread quickly, nesting condors and chicks incapable of flight are left vulnerable.
—John Leos, AZCentral.com, 1 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for incapable
Adjective
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Meanwhile, Banks’ strained attempts to put Sarah on Zoë’s level leave Wilson stranded in a character unfit for the driver’s seat.—
Ben Travers,
IndieWire,
29 Oct. 2025
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However, if temperatures fluctuate unpredictably, going below or above the average, all the low-var animals will be unfit and unable to pass on their genes.—
Shraddha Lall,
The Conversation,
16 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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The interview was one of Gille's first public appearances since a judge ruled him incompetent to stand trial in August.—
Natalie Davies,
Freep.com,
30 Oct. 2025
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The thing that makes Slow Horses work so well — in addition to the action and pacing and farting — is that everyone on this show is incompetent in their own special little way.—
Brian Grubb,
Vulture,
29 Oct. 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
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For several hours on Sunday, the Israeli military and police were unable to locate the woman who had, until just days earlier, been the top lawyer for the country’s armed forces.—
Tal Shalev,
CNN Money,
4 Nov. 2025
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This brave and award-winning work used the framework of classical Chinese opera to help tell the story of a woman unable to speak for herself.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
4 Nov. 2025
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“Incapable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/incapable. Accessed 5 Nov. 2025.
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