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 incapable
Their rivals were a candid, impudent pair, the schoolgirlish Shakira and a throaty American bottle-service girl named Toni, both incapable of conniving their way into romance, prone to heartbreak, and swiftly ostracized for their overt judgment of other islanders.
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Lillian Fishman,
New Yorker,
27 June 2026
Following in the footsteps of Eddie the Eagle and Cool Runnings, Next Goal Wins focuses on a real-life sporting underdog that even Hollywood recognizes is incapable of being turned into a champion team.
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Jon O'Brien,
Vulture,
26 June 2026
For example, if artificial intelligence turns out to be an expensive and energy-intensive technology incapable of delivering meaningful breakthroughs or cost savings, a company that spent billions on specialized data centers could be forced to reduce—or write down—the value of those assets.
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Colin Dodds,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
26 June 2026
Hundreds of thousands of Miami-Dade households were incapable of making ends meet, according to a report by United Way.
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Sarah Perkel,
USA Today,
24 June 2026
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Lillian Fishman,
New Yorker,
27 June 2026
Following in the footsteps of Eddie the Eagle and Cool Runnings, Next Goal Wins focuses on a real-life sporting underdog that even Hollywood recognizes is incapable of being turned into a champion team.
—
Jon O'Brien,
Vulture,
26 June 2026
For example, if artificial intelligence turns out to be an expensive and energy-intensive technology incapable of delivering meaningful breakthroughs or cost savings, a company that spent billions on specialized data centers could be forced to reduce—or write down—the value of those assets.
—
Colin Dodds,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
26 June 2026
Hundreds of thousands of Miami-Dade households were incapable of making ends meet, according to a report by United Way.
—
Sarah Perkel,
USA Today,
24 June 2026
See All Example Sentences for incapable
Recent Examples of Synonyms for incapable
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If venue personnel deem any person to be a threat, or otherwise unfit, in their sole discretion, he or she will not be permitted access and shall forfeit the prize.
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She was deemed unfit to stand trial on medical grounds.
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Her Volumnia bellows at her meek daughter-in-law, Virgilia (Justine Faith) as though reprimanding an incompetent private.
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One of the lasting side effects of the COVID-19 pandemic and our catastrophically incompetent response to it is the decrease in trust in public health experts and their advice.
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Mix Materials The beauty in the unfitted kitchen aesthetic is found in its collected look.
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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.
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Mods weren’t available at the start, making the game less configurable and leaving players unable to fix obvious bugs, such as the hugely erratic traffic AI.
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Errors of execution and discipline forced by the relentlessness of a French team stripped of many of its leading players meant New Zealand was unable to secure its win until the final minutes.
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“Incapable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/incapable. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.
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