Synonyms for incapacity
All synonyms
Noun
Definitions
- n. 1
The lack of a capacity; an inability.
Related words
- Word family
- incapacitate incapacitation
Forms
- Plural
- incapacities → disabilities, inabilities, incapabilities, unfitnesses…
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Incapacity, or lack of legal qualification for certain acts, necessarily results from imbecility, but may also result from other causes, as from insanity or from age, sex, etc.; as, the incapacity of a minor to make a contract.
J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)
Example sentences
- disability Fadil used Layla's disability to make her suffer.
- inability I am impatient with his inability to make decisions.
- incompetence We lost the case due to the lawyer's incompetence.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| incapacity | falling | |
| disability | steady | |
| inability | steady | |
| incapability | steady | |
| unfitness | falling | |
| incompetence | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 9 letters
- inability5, unfitness
- 10 letters
- disability5
- 12 letters
- incompetence4, incompetency5, incapability
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (inability5 = 5 syllables).