incapable

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

in·cap·able AW BrE [ɪnˈkeɪpəbl] NAmE [ɪnˈkeɪpəbl] adjective
1. not able to do sth
•~ of sth incapable of speech
•~ of doing sth The children seem to be totally incapable of working by themselves.
2. not able to control yourself or your affairs; not able to do anything well
•He was found lying in the road, drunk and incapable.
•If people keep telling you you're incapable, you begin to lose confidence in yourself.
Opp: ↑capable

Word Origin:
[incapable] late 16th cent.: from French, or from late Latin incapabilis, from in- ‘not’ + capabilis (from Latin capere ‘take or hold’).

Example Bank:
•He was apparently physically incapable of lowering his voice.
•She was constitutionally incapable of bad temper.
•The wine had made him incapable of thinking clearly.
•This type of arrangement remains valid even if you become mentally incapable.

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  incompetent, unequal to(p), incapable(p)