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

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 Knox, Robert

Not afore, I dare say; but if after, then the sins that thou pollutedst thyself withal before, have made thee uncapable of acting legal righteousness.

From Works of John Bunyan — Volume 02 by Bunyan, John

There are few things, that are uncapable of being represented by Fiction.

From Leviathan by Hobbes, Thomas

That is, the rightful heir cannot be made uncapable on any account whatsoever to succeed.

From The works of John Dryden, now first collected in eighteen volumes. Volume 07 by Scott, Walter, Sir

Nothing disproportions us, nor makes us so uncapable of being reunited to those whom we loved here, as murmuring, or not advancing the goodness of him, who hath removed them from hence.

From Letters to Severall Persons of Honour by Donne, John