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incapable

[in-key-puh-buhl] / ɪnˈkeɪ pə bəl /
ADJECTIVE
not adequate; helpless
Synonyms
STRONGEST
impotent inadequate incompetent ineffective ineligible naive powerless unable unfit unqualified unsuited weak
WEAK
butterfingers disqualified feeble inept inexperienced inexpert inproficient insufficient losing not equal to not up to poor uncool unequipped unskilled unskillful
Antonyms
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able adequate capable competent effective experienced fit potent qualified ready skillful strong sufficient suitable

Example Sentences

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The more immediate risk is that Washington may conclude Canada is incapable of defending the Arctic, compelling the US military to take charge, he said.

From Barron's • Mar. 13, 2026

Those encounters can make them look incapable of managing their lives even when the core problem is the absence of stable housing.

From Slate • Mar. 12, 2026

"And he seems incapable of providing that basic information."

From BBC • Mar. 11, 2026

But Mr. Styles’s voice, while expressive in certain contexts, is incapable of conveying hedonism, and “Aperture” ends up feeling blandly uplifting rather than transcendent.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 10, 2026

I asked, terrified at the unexpected sound, and incapable now of deriving from any occurrence a hope of aid.

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë