"incapable" meaning in English

See incapable in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ɪnˈkeɪpəbl̩/, /ɪŋˈkeɪpəbl̩/ Audio: en-us-incapable.ogg Forms: more incapable [comparative], most incapable [superlative]
Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French incapable, in- + capable. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*keh₂p-}}, {{bor|en|frm|incapable}} Middle French incapable, {{prefix|en|in|capable}} in- + capable Head templates: {{en-adj}} incapable (comparative more incapable, superlative most incapable)
  1. Not capable (of doing something); unable. Synonyms (not capable): unable Translations (not being capable): عَاجِز (ʕājiz) [masculine] (Arabic), неспособен (nesposoben) (Bulgarian), incapaç (Catalan), malkapabla (Esperanto), kyvytön (Finnish), kykenemätön (Finnish), incapable (French), incapaz [feminine, masculine] (Galician), უძლური (uʒluri) (Georgian), ανίκανος (aníkanos) (Greek), nekapabla (Ido), できない (dekinai) (Japanese), 無理な (muri na) (Japanese), 不能な (funō na) (Japanese), incapax (Latin), niezdolny (Polish), incapaz (Portuguese), incapabil (Romanian), अशक्त (aśakta) (Sanskrit), nesposoban (Serbo-Croatian), nemoćan (Serbo-Croatian), incapaz (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-incapable-en-adj-WJgTmwxM Disambiguation of 'not capable': 76 24 Disambiguation of 'not being capable': 68 32
  2. Not in a state to receive; not receptive; not susceptible; not able to admit. Synonyms (not in a state to receive): refusing Translations (not in a state to receive): 無縁な (muen na) (Japanese), 拒む (kobamu) (Japanese)
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: incapability, incapably Related terms: incapacitate, incapacitation

Noun

IPA: /ɪnˈkeɪpəbl̩/, /ɪŋˈkeɪpəbl̩/ Audio: en-us-incapable.ogg Forms: incapables [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French incapable, in- + capable. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*keh₂p-}}, {{bor|en|frm|incapable}} Middle French incapable, {{prefix|en|in|capable}} in- + capable Head templates: {{en-noun}} incapable (plural incapables)
  1. (dated) One who is morally or mentally weak or inefficient; an imbecile; a simpleton. Tags: dated
    Sense id: en-incapable-en-noun-clVC1SV9

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      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "عَاجِز"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "nesposoben",
      "sense": "not being capable",
      "word": "неспособен"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "not being capable",
      "word": "incapaç"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "not being capable",
      "word": "malkapabla"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "not being capable",
      "word": "kyvytön"
    },
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "not being capable",
      "word": "kykenemätön"
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    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "not being capable",
      "word": "incapable"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "not being capable",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "incapaz"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "uʒluri",
      "sense": "not being capable",
      "word": "უძლური"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "aníkanos",
      "sense": "not being capable",
      "word": "ανίκανος"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "not being capable",
      "word": "nekapabla"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "dekinai",
      "sense": "not being capable",
      "word": "できない"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "muri na",
      "sense": "not being capable",
      "word": "無理な"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "funō na",
      "sense": "not being capable",
      "word": "不能な"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "not being capable",
      "word": "incapax"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "not being capable",
      "word": "niezdolny"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "not being capable",
      "word": "incapaz"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "not being capable",
      "word": "incapabil"
    },
    {
      "code": "sa",
      "lang": "Sanskrit",
      "roman": "aśakta",
      "sense": "not being capable",
      "word": "अशक्त"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "not being capable",
      "word": "nesposoban"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "not being capable",
      "word": "nemoćan"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "not being capable",
      "word": "incapaz"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "muen na",
      "sense": "not in a state to receive",
      "word": "無縁な"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "kobamu",
      "sense": "not in a state to receive",
      "word": "拒む"
    }
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}

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        "One who is morally or mentally weak or inefficient; an imbecile; a simpleton."
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