incapable
/ɪnˈkeɪpəbl̩/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.72 in modern English
15
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
4
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Not in a state to receive; not receptive; not susceptible; not able to admit.
Example Sentences
- "A pint glass is incapable of holding more than a pint of liquid."
- "I consider him incapable of dishonesty."
- "The British people seem incapable of avoiding the habit of leaving litter wherever they go, and the railways certainly seem to receive their fair share of it, in carriages and on stations."
- "According to the prevailing Danish rationale, Greenlanders were naïve and childlike, in need of protection and incapable of governing themselves."
- "incapable of pain, or pleasure; incapable of stain or injury"