Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The character or condition of being incapable; want of mental or physical capacity, or of legal competency; inability or disability.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The quality of being incapable; incapacity.
- noun (Law) Lack of legal qualifications, or of legal power.
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- noun The condition of being
incapable
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun lack of potential for development
- noun the quality of not being capable -- physically or intellectually or legally
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Examples
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Only, in place of the phrase "negative capability," he would substitute "incapability," and reflect that the poet fails to see absolute beauty because he is not content to leave the sensual behind and press on to absolute reality.
The Poet's Poet : essays on the character and mission of the poet as interpreted in English verse of the last one hundred and fifty years Elizabeth Atkins
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The city-based infrastructure company's statement comes amid reports that the state government has decided to scrap the agreement it signed with a Maytas-led consortium last year in view of its "incapability" to achieve financial closure.
Gaea Times (by Simple Thoughts) Breaking News and incisive views 24/7 2009
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The city-based infrastructure company's statement comes amid reports that the state government has decided to scrap the agreement it signed with a Maytas-led consortium last year in view of its "incapability" to achieve financial closure.
Gaea Times (by Simple Thoughts) Breaking News and incisive views 24/7 2009
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Last year in the small town of Klaksvick, over 230 pilot whales were literally hacked to death over the course of several excruciating hours pointing to the community's incapability to slaughter, process and distribute the meat efficiently or in a "humane" manner and further pointing to the lack of precision and standardization in the killing methodology.
Deborah Bassett: "Whale Murder" in the Faroe Islands: 100 Pilot Whales Slain for Cultural Tradition Deborah Bassett 2011
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Last year in the small town of Klaksvick, over 230 pilot whales were literally hacked to death over the course of several excruciating hours pointing to the community's incapability to slaughter, process and distribute the meat efficiently or in a "humane" manner and further pointing to the lack of precision and standardization in the killing methodology.
Deborah Bassett: "Whale Murder" in the Faroe Islands: 100 Pilot Whales Slain for Cultural Tradition Deborah Bassett 2011
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First, your statement that Europe has very little ability to project power, and is incapability to deter various types of attacks short of invasion is breathtakingly simple to refute, Just look at the Falklands war and the interventions by France in africa.
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For many writers, the thought of writing romance fills them with dread; crying their incapability to convey the message in they style they perceive romance to contain.
Headache, Heartache – Tips in Writing Romance « Write Anything 2010
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As would become typical, I hit the experimentation hard—evidence of my incapability to do anything in moderation.
Fallin’ Up Steve Dennis 2011
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Last year in the small town of Klaksvick, over 230 pilot whales were literally hacked to death over the course of several excruciating hours pointing to the community's incapability to slaughter, process and distribute the meat efficiently or in a "humane" manner and further pointing to the lack of precision and standardization in the killing methodology.
Deborah Bassett: "Whale Murder" in the Faroe Islands: 100 Pilot Whales Slain for Cultural Tradition Deborah Bassett 2011
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Last year in the small town of Klaksvick, over 230 pilot whales were literally hacked to death over the course of several excruciating hours pointing to the community's incapability to slaughter, process and distribute the meat efficiently or in a "humane" manner and further pointing to the lack of precision and standardization in the killing methodology.
Deborah Bassett: "Whale Murder" in the Faroe Islands: 100 Pilot Whales Slain for Cultural Tradition Deborah Bassett 2011
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