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Found 4 hits - Term: incapable, Database: *, Strategy: exact
[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
incapable \inca"pable\, n.
   one who is morally or mentally weak or inefficient; an
   imbecile; a simpleton.
   1913 webster

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
incapable \inca"pable\, a. pref. in- not + capable: cf. f.
   incapable, l. incapabilis incomprehensible.
   1913 webster
   1. lacking in ability or qualification for the purpose or end
      in view; not large enough to contain or hold; deficient in
      physical strength, mental or moral power, etc.; not
      capable; as, incapable of holding a certain quantity of
      liquid; incapable of endurance, of comprehension, of
      perseverance, of reform, etc.
      1913 webster

   2. not capable of being brought to do or perform, because
      morally strong or well disposed; -- used with reference to
      some evil; as, incapable of wrong, dishonesty, or
      falsehood.
      1913 webster

   3. not in a state to receive; not receptive; not susceptible;
      not able to admit; as, incapable of pain, or pleasure;
      incapable of stain or injury.
      1913 webster

   4. law unqualified or disqualified, in a legal sense; as, a
      man under thirty-five years of age is incapable of holding
      the office of president of the united states; a person
      convicted on impeachment is thereby made incapable of
      holding an office of profit or honor under the government.
      1913 webster

   5. mil. as a term of disgrace, sometimes annexed to a
      sentence when an officer has been cashiered and rendered
      incapable of serving his country.
      1913 webster

   note: incapable is often used elliptically.
         1913 webster

               is not your father grown incapable of reasonable
               affairs?                           --shak.

   syn: incompetent; unfit; unable; insufficient; inadequate;
        deficient; disqualified. see incompetent.
        1913 webster
see also:
incompetent 
[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0
incapable
     adj 1: followed by `of' lacking capacity or ability; "incapable
            of carrying a tune"; "he is incapable of understanding
            the matter"; "incapable of doing the work" ant: capable
     2: not being susceptible to or admitting of something usually
        followed by `of'; "incapable of solution" syn: incapablep
     3: lacking the necessary skill or knowledge etc.; "an incapable
        helper" syn: unqualified
     4: followed by `of' not having the temperament or inclination
        for; "simply incapable of lying" ant: capable
     5: not meeting requirements; "unequal to the demands put upon
        him" syn: incompetent, unequal top
see also:
capable incapablep unqualified incompetent unequal top 
[4] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
49 moby thesaurus words for "incapable":
   amputee, cripple, defective, deformity, disqualified, dull tool,
   greenhorn, handicapped person, idiot, ill-equipped, ill-fitted,
   ill-furnished, ill-provided, ill-qualified, imbecile,
   impervious to, inadequate, incapable of, incompetent, ineffective,
   ineffectual, inefficient, inept, inferior, maladjusted, mediocrity,
   no conjuror, not equal to, not up to, paralytic, paraplegic,
   quadriplegic, the crippled, the handicapped, unable, unable to,
   unadapted, unadjusted, unarmed, unendowed, unequal to, unequipped,
   unfit, unfitted, ungifted, unprovided, unqualified, unsuited,
   untalented





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