INCAPABILITY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does incapability mean? 

• INCAPABILITY (noun)
  The noun INCAPABILITY has 2 senses:

1. lack of potential for development

2. the quality of not being capable -- physically or intellectually or legally

  Familiarity information: INCAPABILITY used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• INCAPABILITY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Lack of potential for development

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Synonyms:

incapability; incapableness

Hypernyms ("incapability" is a kind of...):

inaptitude (a lack of aptitude)

Antonym:

capability (an aptitude that may be developed)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The quality of not being capable -- physically or intellectually or legally

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

incapability; incapableness

Hypernyms ("incapability" is a kind of...):

inability; unfitness (lacking the power to perform)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "incapability"):

incapacity (lack of physical or natural qualifications)

Antonym:

capability (the quality of being capable -- physically or intellectually or legally)

Derivation:

incapable (not meeting requirements)

incapable ((followed by 'of') lacking capacity or ability)

incapable ((followed by 'of') not having the temperament or inclination for)

incapable (not being susceptible to or admitting of something (usually followed by 'of'))