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All incapability synonyms

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noun incapability

  • powerlessness — unable to produce an effect: a disease against which modern medicine is virtually powerless.
  • helplessness — unable to help oneself; weak or dependent: a helpless invalid.
  • uselessness — of no use; not serving the purpose or any purpose; unavailing or futile: It is useless to reason with him.
  • feebleness — physically weak, as from age or sickness; frail.
  • weakness — the state or quality of being weak; lack of strength, firmness, vigor, or the like; feebleness.
  • inadequacy — Also, inadequateness [in-ad-i-kwit-nis] /ɪnˈæd ɪ kwɪt nɪs/ (Show IPA). the state or condition of being inadequate; insufficiency.
  • infirmity — a physical weakness or ailment: the infirmities of age.
  • inefficacy — lack of power or capacity to produce the desired effect.
  • ineffectiveness — not effective; not producing results; ineffectual: ineffective efforts; ineffective remedies.
  • impotence — the condition or quality of being impotent; weakness.
  • incompetency — the quality or condition of being incompetent; lack of ability.
  • lack — something missing or needed: After he left, they really felt the lack.
  • incapacity — lack of ability, qualification, or strength; incapability.
  • shortcoming — a failure, defect, or deficiency in conduct, condition, thought, ability, etc.: a social shortcoming; a shortcoming of his philosophy.
  • unfit — not fit; not adapted or suited; unsuitable: He was unfit for his office.
  • inefficiency — the quality or condition of being inefficient; lack of efficiency.
  • ineptitude — quality or condition of being inept.
  • incompetence — the quality or condition of being incompetent; lack of ability.
  • failure — an act or instance of failing or proving unsuccessful; lack of success: His effort ended in failure. The campaign was a failure.
  • insufficiency — deficiency in amount, force, power, competence, or fitness; inadequacy: insufficiency of supplies.
  • necessity — something necessary or indispensable: food, shelter, and other necessities of life.
  • frailty — the quality or state of being frail.
  • disqualification — an act or instance of disqualifying.
  • inaptitude — lack of aptitude; unfitness.
  • ineptness — without skill or aptitude for a particular task or assignment; maladroit: He is inept at mechanical tasks. She is inept at dealing with people.
  • inutility — uselessness.
  • incapacitation — to deprive of ability, qualification, or strength; make incapable or unfit; disable.
  • inability — lack of ability; lack of power, capacity, or means: his inability to make decisions.
  • hopelessness — providing no hope; beyond optimism or hope; desperate: a hopeless case of cancer.
  • ineffectuality — not effectual; without satisfactory or decisive effect: an ineffectual remedy.
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