uncapable

American  

[uhn-key-puh-buhl] / ʌnˈkeɪ pə bəl /

adjective

1. incapable.

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Etymology

Origin of uncapable

First recorded in 1580–90; un- ¹ + capable

Example Sentences

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uncapable

Peacocks in rainy weather are sometimes hunted and caught by Dogs; for their Feathers being wet, they are uncapable of flying far.

From An Historical Relation of the Island Ceylon in the East Indies Together with an Account of the Detaining in Captivity the Author and Divers other Englishmen Now Living There, and of the Author's Miraculous Escape by Robert Knox

Who were rendered uncapable to inherit but Edward the Fifth, his brother and sisters?

From Historic Doubts on the Life and Reign of King Richard the Third by Horace Walpole

Wretch that I am, uncapable of all comfort, And therefore I intreat my friends and kinsfolk, And you my Lord, for some space to forbear Your courteous visitations.

From Beaumont & Fletcher's Works (1 of 10) - the Custom of the Country by Francis Beaumont

He's put out of Commission with disgrace, and held uncapable of bearing Office ever hereafter.

From The Works of Francis Beaumont and John Fletcher Volume 2 of 10: Introduction to the Elder Brother by John Fletcher

"I beg your Holiness's pardon ten thousand times," says his Riv'rence, "I'm sure I meant nothing onproper; I hope I'm uncapable ov any sich dirilection of my duty," says he.

From Stories of Comedy by Rossiter Johnson