be incapable

Frequency: 9.025.7 per million words

The most common way to state that someone or something is unable to do something.

incapableVERBS + incapable

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Examples (10)

  • She was constitutionally incapable of bad temper.
  • He was apparently physically incapable of lowering his voice.
  • Computers are incapable of creative thought.
  • The old system is incapable of handling the new data volume.
  • After the injury, the athlete was incapable of continuing the race.
  • A newborn baby is incapable of feeding itself.
  • Many politicians seem to be incapable of admitting their mistakes.
  • I am utterly incapable of waking up early without an alarm.
  • Without proper training, he would be incapable of completing the complex task.
  • It is incapable of performing under such extreme conditions.