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INCAPABLE
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Not meeting requirements
Example:
unequal to the demands put upon him
Synonyms:
incapable; incompetent; unequal to
Classified under:
Similar:
inadequate; unequal (lacking the requisite qualities or resources to meet a task)
Derivation:
incapability (the quality of not being capable -- physically or intellectually or legally)
Sense 2
Meaning:
(followed by 'of') lacking capacity or ability
Example:
incapable of doing the work
Classified under:
Similar:
unable ((usually followed by 'to') lacking necessary physical or mental ability)
Also:
incompetent (not qualified or suited for a purpose)
Attribute:
capability; capableness (the quality of being capable -- physically or intellectually or legally)
capability; capableness; potentiality (an aptitude that may be developed)
Antonym:
capable ((usually followed by 'of') having capacity or ability)
Derivation:
incapability (the quality of not being capable -- physically or intellectually or legally)
incapableness (lack of potential for development)
Sense 3
Meaning:
(followed by 'of') not having the temperament or inclination for
Example:
simply incapable of lying
Classified under:
Adjectives
Antonym:
capable ((followed by 'of') having the temperament or inclination for)
Derivation:
incapability (the quality of not being capable -- physically or intellectually or legally)
Sense 4
Meaning:
Not being susceptible to or admitting of something (usually followed by 'of')
Example:
incapable of solution
Classified under:
Adjectives
Similar:
insusceptible; unsusceptible (not susceptible to)
Derivation:
incapability (the quality of not being capable -- physically or intellectually or legally)
Context examples:
The identification of a tumor that is incapable of being measured at baseline.
(Non-Measurable Tumor Identification, NCI Thesaurus)
A finding referring to a medical device that is no longer held or possessed; incapable of being recovered or regained.
(Lost Medical Device, NCI Thesaurus)
Embryonic stem cells are pluripotent and can give rise to all of the different types of specialized cells in the body but are incapable of forming an entire organism under any known condition.
(Murine Embryonic Stem Cells, NCI Thesaurus)
He is the most fearful of giving pain, of wounding expectation, and the most incapable of being selfish, of any body I ever saw.
(Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen)
Caroline is incapable of wilfully deceiving anyone; and all that I can hope in this case is that she is deceiving herself.
(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)
After further analysis, the TGA discovered the pregnancy tests were incapable of detecting the presence of the (hCG) hormone, an early indicator of pregnancy.
(Numerous home pregnancy tests recalled after false negative results reported, Wikinews)
The attack involved targeting Dyn's domain name system servers with a large volume of requests, rendering it incapable of serving replies to legitimate requests — a DDoS (distributed denial of service) attack.
(Distributed malware attacks Dyn DNS, takes down websites in US, Wikinews)
Many hundred large volumes have been published upon this controversy: but the books of the Big-endians have been long forbidden, and the whole party rendered incapable by law of holding employments.
(Gulliver's Travels into several remote nations of the world, by Jonathan Swift)
They do not see what is not obvious, are unable to do the unexpected, are incapable of adjusting their well-grooved lives to other and strange grooves.
(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)
I was incapable of speaking, my mind was too confused.
(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)
