Meaning of INCAPACITY
| Pronunciation: | | `inku'pasitee
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- [n] lack of physical or natural qualifications
- [n] lack of intellectual power
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| | Antonyms: | | capacity, capacity, mental ability | | |
| | See Also: | | inability, incapability, incapableness | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \In`ca*pac"i*ty\, n.; pl. {Incapacities}. [Cf. F.
incapacit['e].]
1. Want of capacity; lack of physical or intellectual power;
inability.
2. (Law) Want of legal ability or competency to do, give,
transmit, or receive something; inability;
disqualification; as, the inacapacity of minors to make
binding contracts, etc.
Syn: Inability; incapability; incompetency; unfitness;
disqualification; disability.
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| | Definition: | | Lack of legal ability to act; disability, incompetence; lack of adequate power. |
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| | Related Terms: | | brainlessness, caducity, decrepitude, disability, disablement, disqualification, foolishness, ignorance, imbecility, inability, inadeptness, inadequacy, inaptitude, inaptness, inattentiveness, incapability, incapacitation, incompetence, incompetency, indexterity, ineffectiveness, ineffectuality, inefficacy, inefficiency, ineptitude, ineptness, infancy, inferiority, infirmity, insipidity, instability, insufficiency, invalidism, irrationality, lackbrainedness, lackwittedness, legal incapacity, low IQ, maladjustment, maladroitness, mediocrity, mental weakness, mindlessness, minority, pedestrianism, primal stupidity, reasonlessness, ricketiness, rustiness, senility, senselessness, shakiness, skill-lessness, slackmindedness, slackwittedness, thoughtlessness, unaptness, uncleverness, undeftness, undexterousness, undextrousness, unfirmness, unfitness, unfittedness, unintellectuality, unintelligence, unproficiency, unschooledness, unskillfulness, unsoundness, unsteadiness, unsturdiness, unsubstantiality, untrainedness, unwisdom, unwiseness, Urdummheit, vapidity, wardship, wateriness, wishy-washiness, witlessness |
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