INCAPABLENESS

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

incapability; incapableness

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

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

inability; unfitness (lacking the power to perform)

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

incapacity (lack of physical or natural qualifications)

Antonym:

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

Meaning:

Lack of potential for development

Synonyms:

incapability; incapableness

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

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

inaptitude (a lack of aptitude)

Derivation:

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