incapable

adjective24 collocationsAvg. frequency: 6.4

Emphasizes total inability.

Emphasizes total inability.

Emphasizes total inability.

Unable to perform an action due to a bodily condition.

Emphasizes total inability.

A strong way to emphasize total inability.

Means obviously or without a doubt unable.

Emphasizes total inability in a straightforward way.

Unable to make decisions or manage affairs due to a mental condition.

Indicates a state very close to being unable.

Means unable because of a fundamental, essential quality.

Means mostly or for the most part unable.

Unable due to one's temperament or emotional disposition.

Unable due to one's basic nature or character.

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

To cause someone to become unable to do something.

Used to describe the process of changing to a state of being unable.

Similar to 'appear', it describes an impression of inability.

Expresses a personal feeling of inability.

Indicates that someone or something has been shown to be unable through evidence or events.

Used to describe the outward impression of being unable to do something.

A more formal way to say 'make sb incapable'.

To formally judge or consider someone as unable, often in a legal or official context.

The standard preposition used after 'incapable' to introduce what someone/something cannot do.