Incapacity
[ɪnkə'pæsɪtɪ] or [,ɪnkə'pæsəti]
Definition
(noun.) lack of physical or natural qualifications.
(noun.) lack of intellectual power.
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Definition
(n.) Want of capacity; lack of physical or intellectual power; inability.
(n.) Want of legal ability or competency to do, give, transmit, or receive something; inability; disqualification; as, the inacapacity of minors to make binding contracts, etc.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Inability, incapability, disability, incompetency.[2]. Disqualification, unfitness.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
[See CAPACITY]
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Examples
- Hadn't they better be animals, simple animals, crude, violent, ANYTHING, rather than this self-consciousness, this incapacity to be spontaneous. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- The incapacity of the sovereign had developed the powers of the premier. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- In my foolish incapacity for business, I assure you I know no more. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- It's been proved, says Mr. Franklin, dwelling with great relish on his own incapacity, to be simply impossible. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- If any service is very much underpaid, it is very apt to suffer by the meanness and incapacity of the greater part of those who are employed in it. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- Even the company itself seems to be convinced of its own incapacity so far, and seems, upon that account willing to give them up to government. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- The expression of her face had not changed; and Archer remembered that he had before noticed her apparent incapacity for surprise. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- Human infants, on the other hand, can get along with physical incapacity just because of their social capacity. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- The temperamental philosopher thinks the scientist serene, but that his serenity springs not from lack of trouble, but from incapacity to grasp and deal with h is own private grief. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- The earlier drawings betray a complete incapacity to group animals. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- But I am poverty and incapacity; Shirley is wealth and power. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Why should I regret my incapacity for details and worldly affairs when it leads to such pleasant consequences? Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- That is offering a premium on incapacity: I shall now endeavour to fail. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- The incapacity of the Roman imperialism for novelty in methods of transport again is amazing. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- I feel my incapacity. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
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