incapacity
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From in- (“negative”) + capacity.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]incapacity (countable and uncountable, plural incapacities)
- The lack of a capacity; an inability.
- 1605, Francis Bacon, “(please specify |book=1 or 2)”, in The Twoo Bookes of Francis Bacon. Of the Proficience and Aduancement of Learning, Diuine and Humane, London: […] [Thomas Purfoot and Thomas Creede] for Henrie Tomes, […], →OCLC:
- So that it is not the insufficiency or incapacity of man's mind, but it is the remote standing or placing thereof that breedeth these mazes and incomprehensions;
- Legal disqualification.
Derived terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]lack of a capacity
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legal disqualification
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