incapacity

incapacity

English

Etymology

in- (“negative”) +‎ capacity

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌɪnkəˈpæsɪti/

Noun

incapacity (countable and uncountable, plural incapacities)

1. The lack of a capacity; an inability.
   • 1605, Francis Bacon, The Advancement of Learning:

     So that it is not the insufficiency or incapacity of man's mind, but it is the remote standing or placing thereof that breedeth these mazes and incomprehensions;

2. Legal disqualification.

See also

• inoperancy

Translations

lack of a capacity

Bulgarian: некадърност (bg) f (nekadǎrnost), неспособност (bg) f (nesposobnost) French: incapacité (fr) f Galician: incapacidade (gl) f German: Unfähigkeit (de) f

Hebrew: נבצרות‎ (he) f (nivtsarut) Italian: incapacità (it) f Portuguese: incapacidade (pt) f Spanish: incapacidad (es) f

legal disqualification

Bulgarian: неправоспособност (bg) f (nepravosposobnost)

Russian: неправомо́чность (ru) n (nepravomóčnostʹ)