INCAPABLENESS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does incapableness mean? 

• INCAPABLENESS (noun)
  The noun INCAPABLENESS has 2 senses:

1. lack of potential for development

2. the quality of not being capable -- physically or intellectually or legally

  Familiarity information: INCAPABLENESS used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• INCAPABLENESS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Lack of potential for development

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Synonyms:

incapability; incapableness

Hypernyms ("incapableness" is a kind of...):

inaptitude (a lack of aptitude)

Derivation:

incapable ((followed by 'of') lacking capacity or ability)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The quality of not being capable -- physically or intellectually or legally

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

incapability; incapableness

Hypernyms ("incapableness" is a kind of...):

inability; unfitness (lacking the power to perform)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "incapableness"):

incapacity (lack of physical or natural qualifications)

Antonym:

capableness (the quality of being capable -- physically or intellectually or legally)