incapable

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The ordinary course of such falsehoods is, that first of all some stranger and alien to those feelings which have prompted a particular usage--incapable, therefore, of entering fully into its spirit or meaning--tries to exhibit its absurdity more forcibly by pushing it into an extreme or trying case.

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  1. adjective Lacking the necessary ability, capacity, or power: incapable of carrying a tune; incapable of love.
  2. adjective Unable to perform adequately; incompetent: an incapable administrator.
  3. adjective Usage Problem Not susceptible to action or treatment: a unique feat, incapable of duplication. See Usage Note at able.
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  • The problem remains that Europe is woefully incapable, as de Gaulle predicted, of undertaking military operations without U.S. help. —  National Coalition for History
  • Or proving they are incapable, and nothing more than window dressing for the real power in Zim, the CIO. —  Mail & Guardian Online
  • Gerard Latortue is a shameful Boca Raton buffoon -- incapable of independent leadership.
  • So incapable is the Philippine political class of creating the jobs that would keep Filipinos home and spare them the insults that scrubbing toilets and mopping floors inevitably provoke that promoting overseas employment is de facto policy. —  LuisTeodoro.com
  • This release doesn't mean they're incapable, and it doesn't even mean those players aren't in the team's plans. —  NFL Football News | Realfootball365.com
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capable ·  devoid ·  spite ·  guilty ·  susceptible ·  lack ·  possibility ·  aware ·  trace ·  incompetent ·  ignorant ·  semblance
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  1. from French incapable, from Late Latin incapabilis, incapable, from Latin in- privative + Late Latin capabilis, capable: see capable.
 

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