"incapacity" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˌɪnkəˈpæsɪti/ Forms: incapacities [plural]
Etymology: From in- (“negative”) + capacity. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|in|capacity|gloss1=negative}} in- (“negative”) + capacity Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} incapacity (countable and uncountable, plural incapacities)
  1. The lack of a capacity; an inability. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (lack of a capacity): некадърност (nekadǎrnost) [feminine] (Bulgarian), неспособност (nesposobnost) [feminine] (Bulgarian), incapacitat [feminine] (Catalan), onvermogen (Dutch), incapacité [feminine] (French), incapacidade [feminine] (Galician), Unfähigkeit [feminine] (German), 𐌿𐌽𐌼𐌰𐌷𐍄𐍃 (unmahts) [feminine] (Gothic), נבצרות (nivtsarut) [feminine] (Hebrew), असमर्थता (asmarthatā) [feminine] (Hindi), अक्षमता (akṣamtā) [feminine] (Hindi), neamhábaltacht [feminine] (Irish), neamhinneamh [masculine] (Irish), éagumas [masculine] (Irish), míchumas [masculine] (Irish), neamhacmhainn [feminine] (Irish), incapacità [feminine] (Italian), neuablid [masculine] (Manx), anlheiltys [masculine] (Manx), incapacidade [feminine] (Portuguese), incapacidad [feminine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-incapacity-en-noun-tnHxqlX- Categories (other): English terms prefixed with in- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with in-: 60 40 Disambiguation of 'lack of a capacity': 100 0
  2. Legal disqualification. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (legal disqualification): неправоспособност (nepravosposobnost) [feminine] (Bulgarian), éagumas [masculine] (Irish), неправомо́чность (nepravomóčnostʹ) [neuter] (Russian)
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: educated incapacity Related terms: inoperancy, incapacitation

Inflected forms

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      "sense": "legal disqualification",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "неправомо́чность"
    }
  ],
  "word": "incapacity"
}

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