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incapability|ɪnkeɪpəˈbɪlɪtɪ| [f. next + -ity.] The quality or condition of being incapable; incapacity, inability, incompetence: see the adj.
1632Sherwood, Incapabilitie, or incapablenesse. a1641Suckling (J.), You have nothing to urge but a kind of incapability in yourself to the service. 1665Boyle Occas. Refl. (1848) 371 An absolute Incapability of Love. 1793Holcroft tr. Lavater's Physiogn. xlv. 228 There are capabilities and incapabilities in the countenance. 1868Mill Eng. & Irel. 41 The difficulty of governing Ireland lies entirely in our own minds; it is an incapability of understanding. |