- impotent
- inadequate
- incompetent
- ineffective
- ineligible
- naive
- powerless
- unable
- unfit
- unqualified
- unsuited
- weak
- butterfingers
- disqualified
- feeble
- inept
- inexperienced
- inexpert
- inproficient
- insufficient
- losing
- not equal to
- not up to
- poor
- uncool
- unequipped
- unskilled
- unskillful
On this page you’ll find 55 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to incapable, such as: impotent, inadequate, incompetent, ineffective, ineligible, and naive.
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How to use incapable in a sentence
Then we are again overgrown boys, beings of inferior race and incapable of being civilized.
THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDSJOHN FOREMAN
In the retreat across the Niemen he proved himself absolutely incapable of reorganising a beaten force.
NAPOLEON’S MARSHALSR. P. DUNN-PATTISON
She was as incapable of jealousy as of aching vanity in the fact of a son whom the world was never permitted to forget.
ANCESTORSGERTRUDE ATHERTON
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WORDS RELATED TO INCAPABLE
- broken-down
- confined
- decrepit
- disarmed
- hamstrung
- handicapped
- helpless
- hurt
- incapable
- infirm
- laid-up
- lame
- maimed
- out of action
- out-of-commission
- paralyzed
- powerless
- run down
- sidelined
- stalled
- weakened
- worn-out
- wounded
- wrecked
- barren
- crippled
- dud
- effete
- enervated
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- feeble
- forceless
- frail
- gutless
- helpless
- inadequate
- incapable
- incapacitated
- incompetent
- ineffective
- ineffectual
- inept
- infecund
- infirm
- nerveless
- paper-tiger
- paralyzed
- powerless
- prostrate
- sterile
- unfruitful
- unproductive
- weak
- bare
- barren
- bush-league
- deficient
- depleted
- dry
- failing
- faulty
- feeble
- found wanting
- glitch
- imperfect
- impotent
- inappreciable
- inapt
- incapable
- incommensurate
- incompetent
- incomplete
- inconsiderable
- insubstantial
- junk
- lacking
- lame
- lemon
- lousy
- low
- meager
- minus
- miserly
- not enough
- parsimonious
- poor
- scanty
- scarce
- short
- shy
- sketchy
- skimpy
- small
- spare
- sparse
- sterile
- stinted
- stunted
- thin
- too little
- unequal
- unproductive
- unqualified
- weak
- bedridden
- broken-down
- confined
- crippled
- debilitated
- handicapped
- helpless
- hurt
- immobilized
- impaired
- impotent
- incapable
- infirm
- laid-up
- lame
- maimed
- out of action
- out of commission
- paralyzed
- powerless
- sidelined
- weak
- weakened
- worn-out
- amateur
- amateurish
- awkward
- bungling
- bush-league
- clumsy
- disqualified
- floundering
- helpless
- inadequate
- incapable
- ineffectual
- inefficient
- ineligible
- inept
- inexperienced
- inexpert
- insufficient
- maladroit
- not cut out for
- not equal to
- not have it
- out to lunch
- raw
- unadapted
- unequipped
- unfit
- unfitted
- unhandy
- uninitiated
- unproficient
- unqualified
- unskilled
- untrained
- useless
- can’t hack it
- careless
- disorganized
- extravagant
- faulty
- feeble
- half-baked
- improficient
- improvident
- incapable
- incompetent
- ineffective
- ineffectual
- inefficacious
- inept
- inexpert
- not cut out for
- prodigal
- shooting blanks
- slack
- slipshod
- sloppy
- slovenly
- unfit
- unprepared
- unqualified
- unskilled
- unskillful
- untrained
- weak
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413 synonyms found
Pronunciation:
[ ɪnkˈe͡ɪpəbə͡l], [ ɪnkˈeɪpəbəl], [ ɪ_n_k_ˈeɪ_p_ə_b_əl]
Related words: incapable of, incapable of doing anything, incapable of carrying out tasks, incapable of functioning independently, incapable of understanding
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adj.
• all (adjective)
- incapable.
• disabled (adjective)
- in firm,
- broken down,
- wrecked,
- Stalled,
- wounded,
- sidelined,
- weakened,
- out-of-action,
- broken-down,
- infirm,
- lame,
- run-down,
- confined,
- laid-up,
- maimed,
- incapacitated,
- out-of-commission,
- Hamstrung,
- Disarmed,
- decrepit,
- worn-out,
- hurt,
- out of action,
- handicapped.
• impotent (adjective)
- paper tiger,
- unfruitful,
- Infecund,
- forceless,
- nerveless,
- prostrate,
- frail,
- gutless,
- unproductive,
- dud,
- enfeebled,
- barren,
- sterile,
- crippled,
- effete,
- feeble,
- enervated.
• inadequate (adjective)
- low,
- inconsiderable,
- dry,
- imperfect,
- insubstantial,
- short,
- deficient,
- failing,
- small,
- skimpy,
- sparse,
- stunted,
- lacking,
- minus,
- depleted,
- meager,
- scanty,
- bush-league,
- inappreciable,
- parsimonious,
- spare,
- miserly,
- scarce,
- too little,
- lemon,
- incomplete,
- bare,
- lousy,
- Stinted,
- faulty,
- incommensurate.
• incapable (adjective)
- ineligible,
- insufficient,
- uncool,
- losing,
- unsuited,
- inexperienced,
- naive,
- inproficient.
• incapacitated (adjective)
- immobilized,
- impaired,
- debilitated,
- out of commission,
- bedridden.
• incompetent (adjective)
- raw,
- uninitiated,
- untrained,
- useless,
- out to lunch,
- bungling,
- Floundering.
• inefficient (adjective)
- improficient,
- careless,
- improvident,
- prodigal,
- disorganized,
- slack,
- unprepared,
- slipshod,
- sloppy,
- half-baked,
- extravagant,
- inefficacious,
- slovenly.
• inept (adjective)
- Unapt,
- loser,
- halting,
- ungraceful,
- artless.
• insufficient (adjective)
- unample,
- destitute,
- scant,
- drained,
- defective,
- devoid,
- unsatisfactory,
- too little too late,
- unfinished,
- infrequent,
- rare,
- out of,
- bereft,
- short of,
- wanting,
- shy.
• Other relevant words: (adjective)
- unfacile,
- not cut out for,
- inadequate,
- butterfingered,
- unadapted,
- can’t hack it,
- unworkmanlike,
- unequipped,
- out of gas,
- can’t cut it,
- not have it,
- busher,
- unfitted,
- all thumbs,
- not able,
- can’t make the grade,
- unable,
- not up to,
- disabled,
- incompetent,
- unqualified,
- niggardly,
- no good,
- Unhandy,
- ill-equipped,
- undexterous,
- Butter-fingered,
- wornout,
- inept,
- not equal to,
- inadept,
- powerless,
- shooting blanks,
- found wanting,
- not enough,
- unfit,
- disenfranchised,
- unproficient.
• powerless (adjective)
- wishy-washy,
- passive,
- tied,
- vulnerable,
- supine,
- defenseless,
- subject,
- etiolated,
- blank,
- dependent,
- inert.
• unable (adjective)
- more impuissant,
- can’t make grade,
- cant cut it,
- cant make grade,
- most impuissant,
- no can do,
- most hog tied,
- more hog-tied,
- in operative,
- most hog-tied,
- more hogtied,
- not to,
- most hogtied,
- cant make the grade,
- in-operative,
- un-ablest,
- un abler,
- more hog tied,
- un ablest,
- un-abler.
• unfit (adjective)
- un-practiced,
- un-fit,
- more ill-equipped,
- most butter fingered,
- more ill equipped,
- most butter-fingered,
- more butter-fingered,
- most butterfingered,
- unpracticed,
- illequipped,
- more blundering,
- most ill-equipped,
- butter fingered,
- most illequipped,
- more butter fingered,
- un fit,
- most ill equipped,
- most blundering,
- more illequipped,
- heavy handed,
- more butterfingered,
- ill equipped,
- un practiced,
- heavyhanded.
• unqualified (adjective)
- un-qualified,
- un qualified,
- bushest.
• unworkmanlike (adjective)
- un-workmanlike,
- un workmanlike.
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n.
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•
- no-good,
- poor,
- awful,
- someone couldn’t do something if they tried.
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•
- virtuous,
- high-minded,
- excess,
- ability,
- proper,
- just,
- decent,
- moral,
- correct,
- ethical,
- irreproachable,
- right.
• incapable (noun)
- unsusceptible.
• Other relevant words: (noun)
- piss artist,
- save,
- two,
- amateur,
- helpless,
- finger,
- clodhopper,
- geek,
- prone,
- paralysed,
- wooden,
- unequal,
- prayer,
- bungle,
- cack-handed,
- bumble,
- uncoordinated,
- lost,
- crap,
- gauche,
- disqualified,
- awkward,
- amateurish,
- talent,
- klutz,
- nerd,
- fumble,
- incapacity,
- organize,
- have,
- jack-of-all-trades,
- paralyzed,
- hopeless,
- unequal to,
- incapacitate,
- incompetence,
- thumb,
- inexpert,
- worst,
- rubbish,
- ungainly,
- paper,
- toffee,
- bull,
- impotent,
- weak,
- boil,
- awkwardly,
- blunder,
- inability,
- clumsy,
- inapt,
- ham-fisted,
- insusceptible,
- unskilled,
- obey,
- bumbling,
- woodenly,
- spirit,
- great,
- cowboy,
- show pony,
- butterfingers,
- lumpish,
- maladroit,
- hulk,
- accident-prone.
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Other synonyms:
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•
- learned,
- unemployable,
- ineffective,
- ill-prepared.
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•
- unskillful,
- ragged,
- inefficient,
- rusty,
- impractical.
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•
- ineffectual,
- badly.
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•
- bad.
• Other relevant words (noun):
- impervious to,
- cripple,
- sap,
- abbreviate,
- swayback,
- swaybacked,
- break,
- abort,
- greenhorn,
- fail,
- unskilful,
- maladjusted,
- fool,
- Unmeet,
- restrict,
- diminish,
- fumbling,
- imbecile,
- impair,
- inadmissible,
- condense,
- disqualify,
- unsuitable,
- handless,
- shorten,
- empty,
- feckless,
- ill-fitted,
- incapable of,
- nincompoop,
- unreserved,
- weakling,
- blockhead,
- numskull,
- concentrate,
- vanity,
- disable,
- vacancy,
- degrade,
- booby,
- unarmed,
- untalented,
- weaken,
- enervate,
- curtail,
- unadjusted,
- pare,
- Unprovided,
- reduce,
- unendowed,
- simpleton,
- idiot,
- conquer,
- abate,
- lessen,
- coward,
- handicapped person,
- wimp,
- unavailing,
- disability,
- doormat,
- Ungifted,
- ill-furnished,
- ninny,
- crybaby,
- compress,
- dunce,
- blankness,
- paralytic,
- emptiness,
- quadriplegic,
- disqualification,
- disablement,
- deformity,
- dolt,
- inferior,
- sheer,
- unseasoned,
- amputee,
- klutzy,
- fade,
- Impuissant,
- cut,
- inappropriate,
- talentless,
- paraplegic,
- worthless,
- armless,
- weed,
- debase,
- mediocrity,
- shiftless.
How to use «Incapable» in context?
Incapable is something that cannot be done. It is a word that describes someone or something that is unable to do what is needed. Someone who is incapable may have a disability, which means a impairment that is permanent or intermittent. Someone who is incapable can also be incapacitated, which means they are not able to do what they need to do to take care of themselves.
Paraphrases for Incapable:
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Equivalence
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Adjective
incompetent.
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Adjective
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Forward Entailment
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Adjective
able, capable.
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Adjective
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Independent
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Adjective
capacity, deficient, disabled, helpless, impossible, inadequate, ineffective, inefficient, irresponsible, unavailable, unfit, unsuitable, useless.
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Noun, plural
Disabilities.
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Verb, 3rd person singular present
fails.
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Adjective
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impotent, incapacitated, inept, powerless.
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incapable (Adjective) — | (followed by ‘of’) lacking capacity or ability 3 examples |
1. ex. «incapable of carrying a tune» | |
2. ex. «he is incapable of understanding the matter» | |
3. ex. «incapable of doing the work» | |
incapable (Adjective) — | Not being susceptible to or admitting of something (usually followed by ‘of’) 1 example |
1. ex. «incapable of solution» | |
incapable (Adjective) — | (followed by ‘of’) not having the temperament or inclination for 1 example |
1. ex. «simply incapable of lying» | |
incapable (Adjective) — | Not meeting requirements |
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incapable
Synonyms:
unqualified, unable, unfitted, weak, incompetent, feeble, disqualified, insufficientAntonyms:
qualified, able, fitted, strong, clever
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incapableadjective
(followed by `of’) lacking capacity or ability
«incapable of carrying a tune»; «he is incapable of understanding the matter»; «incapable of doing the work»
Synonyms:
incompetent, incapable(p), unequal to(p)Antonyms:
capable, surefooted, adequate, able, confident, sure-footed, resourceful, susceptible, equal -
incapable(p)adjective
not being susceptible to or admitting of something (usually followed by `of’)
«incapable of solution»
Antonyms:
confident, surefooted, sure-footed, capable, susceptible, resourceful, equal, adequate, able -
incapableadjective
(followed by `of’) not having the temperament or inclination for
«simply incapable of lying»
Synonyms:
incompetent, incapable(p), unequal to(p)Antonyms:
confident, surefooted, able, capable, equal, adequate, susceptible, sure-footed, resourceful -
incapable, incompetent, unequal to(p)adjective
not meeting requirements
«unequal to the demands put upon him»
Antonyms:
capable, able, resourceful, sure-footed, susceptible, equal, surefooted, confident, adequate
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How to use incapable in a sentence?
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Heinz Patzelt:
It’s not that Austria cannot do it. Austria is incapable of organizing itself in a way that’s dignified for humans.
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Araceli Davila:
My father had the kindest heart. He helped everyone he could. He was there for everyone and always had a loving smile, he truly had a heart of gold and was incapable of holding a grudge. He loved my mother, my siblings and I with all his heart and he was always there for us.
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Michael Short:
The only candidate who has proven incapable of handling sensitive information is Hillary Clinton, if there is anyone they should be worried about it is Hillary Clinton.
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Prime Minister Ewa Kopacz:
To those who are incapable of presenting the historic truth in an honest way, I want to say that Poland was not a perpetrator but a victim of World War II, i would expect full historical knowledge from officials who speak on the matter.
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Donald Trump:
One thing we sort of agree on is trade. I mean, we’re getting horribly beaten on trade. The difference is, I’ll make great trade deals, he is incapable of doing that. He’s incapable of it. And you know, he just won’t be able to do that. But he does at least acknowledge that we’re getting just absolutely ripped by China and all these other countries. So in that way, we’re the same. I think a lot of his people are going to come over.
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