Meaning

2 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)The lack of a capacity; an inability.

    Unfähigkeit

    lack of intellectual power

  2. (countable, uncountable)Legal disqualification.

    неправомо́чностьnepravomóčnostʹ

Examples

5 sentences
  1. Sociopaths have an incapacity for love.

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  2. Sociopaths have an incapacity for empathy.

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  3. Angst is the fear of our own incapacity for peace.

    deAngst ist die Furcht vor unserer eigenen Unfähigkeit zum Frieden.

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  4. The root of the problem lies in our employees' incapacity to internalize the sentiments of the company.

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  5. Examples of conditions that may cause episodic periods of incapacity include asthma, diabetes, epilepsy, etc.

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Translations

7 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
legal disqualification:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
lack of a capacity:

Origin

substratebor.?

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Forms

plural: incapacities
Singularincapacity
Pluralincapacities

regular

Antonyms

1 antonyms

Word family

4 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
incapacity — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto