as in inability
the lack of sufficient ability, power, or means
the apparent incapability of the president's staff to deal with the crisis
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as in unfit
lacking qualities (as knowledge, skill, or ability) required to do a job
hired a supremely incapable assistant who only made a mess of things
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Recent Examples of incapability
Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 29 Jan. 2026
Literary Hub, 29 Jan. 2026
This year’s sophomore class was dismissed time and time again as unserious or incapable difference-makers over the previous season.
—Zach Harper, New York Times, 27 Jan. 2026
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Noun
Trump’s command of Congress owes to the incapability of many politicians to see beyond the next election.
—Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 29 Jan. 2026
Adjective
Human beings are incapable of making perfect copies.
—Literary Hub, 29 Jan. 2026
This year’s sophomore class was dismissed time and time again as unserious or incapable difference-makers over the previous season.
—Zach Harper, New York Times, 27 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for incapability
Noun
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For me, her inability to have an orgasm has very little to do with her relationship with John.—
Dessi Gomez,
Deadline,
29 Jan. 2026
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Emissions from the turbines led to community uproar, with residents complaining of a stench, health problems and an inability to keep their windows open at home.—
Lora Kolodny,
CNBC,
29 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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Apparently, the Meyers in Long Beach were ruled unfit as guardians, or Lynn refused to go back to them, so juvenile authorities located some blood relatives, possibly her father or half sister, and put her on a train back East.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
27 Jan. 2026
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This is a couple unfit to govern a two-bedroom.—
Patricia Marx,
New Yorker,
23 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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Oil from free America bailed out the virtue-signaling, totally incompetent Democrats here.—
Howie Carr,
Boston Herald,
1 Feb. 2026
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That means the former voters died, moved away, registered in another state, were convicted of a felony crime, deemed incompetent to vote by a judge or were removed from the state's voter rolls because of inactivity.—
Molly Beck,
jsonline.com,
30 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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Mix Materials The beauty in the unfitted kitchen aesthetic is found in its collected look.—
Patricia Shannon,
Better Homes & Gardens,
6 May 2025
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The venerable American clan at the center of the narrator’s reminiscences are wholly unfitted to the modern world and no longer endowed with the fortune that one of them brought home long ago on clipper ships.—
Daniel Akst,
WSJ,
2 Sep. 2022
Adjective
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According to federal court records, Northern Trust’s lawyers were unable to serve Walters with the bank’s lawsuit and recently proceeded to seek a default judgment against the former employee, who did not have an attorney representing him.—
Jay Weaver,
Miami Herald,
30 Jan. 2026
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Matthew Stafford delivered an MVP-caliber season with 4,707 yards and 46 touchdowns, but the Rams were unable to convert that into a Super Bowl run.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
30 Jan. 2026
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“Incapability.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/incapability. Accessed 3 Feb. 2026.
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