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incapable

/in-key-puh-buhl/US // ɪnˈkeɪ pə bəl //UK // (ɪnˈkeɪpəbəl) //

无能的,无能,无能力的,无能力

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : not capable.
    • : not having the necessary ability, qualification, or strength to perform some specified act or function: As an administrator, he is simply incapable.
    • : without ordinary capability; incompetent.
n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a thoroughly incompetent person, especially one of defective mentality.

Synonyms & Antonyms

adj.not adequate; helpless

Examples

  • He has been so attached to us — following My Lovely Wife and me from room to room, whimpering when we leave the house — that we figured he worshiped us and was incapable of anything approaching aggression.

  • We would have to prioritize cow welfare in a way that I seriously think we’re incapable of right now.

  • Many in the business world have talked at length about the private sector having the ability to step up to tackle the problems government has proved incapable of addressing.

  • The phones’ batteries were incapable of keeping up with the demands of the company’s frequent software updates.

  • In essence, the patchwork of the cities, while maintaining a semblance of Crusader city-states, was incapable of logistically supporting an army – in some cases, even to defend against localized threats.

  • She is incapable of responding to kindness and enquiry, even very gentle flirting on the part of a co-worker.

  • Unlike influenza, it is incapable of traveling through tiny microscopic particles.

  • A “simple bout of flu” is incapable of mutating into an Ebola infection.

  • Nancy, on the other hand, was incapable of communicating her wishes.

  • Used without a German army on the ground, as it had been in mainland Europe, the Luftwaffe was incapable of securing victory.

  • Then we are again overgrown boys, beings of inferior race and incapable of being civilized.

  • In the retreat across the Niemen he proved himself absolutely incapable of reorganising a beaten force.

  • She was as incapable of jealousy as of aching vanity in the fact of a son whom the world was never permitted to forget.

  • A meeting may be legally held though one of its members is incapable, physically or mentally, from receiving notice.

  • His previous career had not been without distinction, and that he was an incapable commander had never before been hinted.