INCAPABLE Synonyms: 56 Similar and Opposite Words

incapable

adjective

(ˌ)in-ˈkā-pə-bəl

Definition of incapable

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 Officials with a state hospital previously found Brown incapable to proceed in both state and federal cases against him in the August 2025 stabbing. — Julia Coin, Charlotte Observer, 27 Oct. 2026 Anything that's going to make a candidate seem degenerate, seem corrupt, seem incapable. — Shannon Bond, NPR, 24 Oct. 2026 Denny Freidenrich Laguna Beach Family feud As is often the case, when handed the keys to a successful business, the next generation simply is incapable of continuing its success. — Los Angeles Times, 24 Oct. 2026 Colman is incapable of playing any character with just one note, and here delivers another three-dimensional performance of a woman determined to change her life and find her happy place in it. — Pete Hammond, Deadline, 22 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for incapable

Recent Examples of Synonyms for incapable

Adjective

Pilots who feel fatigued or unfit to fly must report it and be removed from duty by the airline, according to the FAA.

— Kelly McGreal, FOXNews.com, 28 Oct. 2026
There is exactly no evidence that trans identity makes individuals unfit to serve, and this move is a clear escalation in the administration’s attempts to simply remove trans people from American life.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 26 Oct. 2026

Definition of unfit

Adjective

In August 2022, Garza was ruled mentally incompetent to stand trial and ordered to be jailed until a bed in a state mental health treatment facility was available.

— Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 24 Oct. 2026
In my opinion, the president and his incompetent, corrupt acolytes have debased the office and dragged the good name of America through the mud.

— Voice of the People, New York Daily News, 22 Oct. 2026

Definition of incompetent

Adjective

Here, Rodel shares how to make the unfitted kitchen trend your own, one statement-worthy piece at a time.

— Patricia Shannon, Better Homes & Gardens, 6 May 2025
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

Definition of unfitted

Adjective

About a third of France’s high schools were closed or unable to operate, some because of student blockades and others because teachers were on strike.

— Sylvie Corbet, Los Angeles Times, 5 Nov. 2026
Paraguayan President Santiago Peña resigned from office this Thursday after Ueno Bank was shut down in the middle of the night due to a solvency crisis, leaving millions of customers unable to access their money and triggering a scandal.

— Gonzalo Zegarra, CNN Money, 5 Nov. 2026