incapableness

noun

as in disability

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  1. disability
  2. inability
  3. incapacity
  4. incompetence
  5. incompetency
  6. incapability
Noun
  • According to the California Department of Rehabilitation, encouraging independent living among people with disabilities is a philosophy that emphasizes their agency and empowers them to take charge of their care.
    — Nollyanne Delacruz, Mercury News, 9 Aug. 2026
  • Among the items on the chopping block are requirements to conduct screenings for kids with disabilities, keep class sizes small, help children brush their teeth daily and mandate monitors on school buses.
    — Zachary Schermele, USA Today, 9 Aug. 2026
Definition of disability
Noun
  • Since the start of last offseason, the Atlanta Braves have been haunted by their inability to land a high-quality starting pitcher.
    — Ken Rosenthal, New York Times, 4 Aug. 2026
  • The inability to imagine a middle-class life—especially for the Subaru Socialists right on the cusp of comfort—seems to be what’s behind a slate of recent electoral victories for the Democratic Socialists of America.
    — Jay Caspian Kang, New Yorker, 4 Aug. 2026
Definition of inability
Noun
  • My embodiment—paralysis—is conjured when trying to describe an inability, a lack, an incapacity.
    — Rebekah Taussig, Time, 7 July 2026
  • Under Missouri law, most mail ballots must be notarized before they can be counted, though voters casting absentee ballots for certain reasons, including incapacity, are exempt from that requirement.
    — Ben Wheeler, Kansas City Star, 7 July 2026
Definition of incapacity
Noun
  • Leaders often face dangerous blind spots, not from incompetence, but from strengths like confidence and decisiveness becoming liabilities.
    — Julian Hayes II, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2026
  • Trump’s incompetence throughout this vendetta against Comey is perhaps its most welcome aspect.
    — Jonathan Chait, The Atlantic, 30 July 2026
Definition of incompetence
Noun
  • Those forms are not pertinent to the finding of incompetency and are therefore subject to the open records law, Ziegler and Bradley wrote.
    — Scott Bauer, Los Angeles Times, 7 July 2026
  • Federal agents have descended upon the home of Cindy Rodriguez Singh, the North Texas mom who was recently sent to a state hospital after an incompetency ruling in the murder of her young son.
    — Matthew Ablon, CBS News, 12 May 2026
Definition of incompetency
Noun
  • This could reflect in features such as automation incapabilities, ​incompetent workflow designs, overreliance on legacy infrastructure and lack of alignment in financial transformation.
    — Dr. Saheer Nelliparamban, Forbes.com, 7 July 2026
  • Trump’s command of Congress owes to the incapability of many politicians to see beyond the next election.
    — Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 29 Jan. 2026
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“Incapableness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/incapableness. Accessed 11 Aug. 2026.

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