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May 26, 2012
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in•ca•pa•ble



Pronunciation: (in-kā'pu-bul), [key]
—adj.
1. not capable.
2. not having the necessary ability, qualification, or strength to perform some specified act or function: As an administrator, he is simply incapable.
3. without ordinary capability; incompetent.
4. incapable of,
a. not having the ability, qualification, or strength for (a specified act or function).
b. not open to; not susceptible to or admitting: These materials are incapable of exact measurement.
c. legally unqualified for.

—n.
a thoroughly incompetent person, esp. one of defective mentality.

Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.

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