 3 definitions found
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
incapacity
noun
1: lack of intellectual power [ant: {capacity}]
2: lack of physical or natural qualifications [ant: {capacity}]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Incapacity \In'ca*pac"i*ty\, noun; pl. {Incapacities}. [Cf. F.
incapacit['e].]
1. Lack of capacity; lack of physical or intellectual power;
inability.
2. (Law) Lack 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.
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
82 Moby Thesaurus words for "incapacity":
Urdummheit, 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, vapidity, wardship, wateriness, wishy-washiness,
witlessness
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