incapableness

noun

Definition of incapablenessnext
as in disability

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for incapableness
  1. disability
  2. inability
  3. incapacity
  4. incompetence
  5. incompetency
Noun
  • According to the bill, federal programs that help students with disabilities would move to the Department of Health and Human Services.
    Chris Papst, Baltimore Sun, 31 Dec. 2024
  • An East Bay nonprofit organization that provides attendant care, free transportation to seniors and people with disabilities as well as wheelchair repairs will soon mark 30 years in Berkeley, the birthplace of the independent living movement.
    Kristin J. Bender, The Mercury News, 30 Dec. 2024
Definition of disability
Noun
  • This could allow therapies that were previously ineffective — due to their inability to cross the blood-brain barrier to reach their target in the central nervous system — to directly target tissues.
    Melissa Rudy, Fox News, 31 Dec. 2024
  • The players can’t duck the blame, either, as their season-long inability to play complementary football came to a head in the worst way.
    James Boyd, The Athletic, 29 Dec. 2024
Definition of inability
Noun
  • The only exceptions would be death, resignation, or physical or mental incapacity to serve.
    Alan Wooten | The Center Square, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 13 Dec. 2024
  • In 2006, at the age of 30, I was diagnosed with a rare, progressive, genetic muscle wasting disease called Hereditary Inclusion Body Myopathy (or GNE Myopathy) that leads to tetraplegia, severe incapacity of one’s arms, legs, and torso.
    Cara Elizabeth Yar Khan, TIME, 3 Dec. 2024
Definition of incapacity
Noun
  • Quelle surprise: a squad built with piecemeal incompetence (and for other coaches) is struggling to get to grips with Amorim’s system.
    Phil Hay, The Athletic, 31 Dec. 2024
  • The researchers studied the reactions of 74 dogs, which were of different ages and breeds, to different levels of competence or incompetence.
    Benedict Cosgrove, Newsweek, 19 Dec. 2024
Definition of incompetence
Noun
  • The federal incompetency fine constitutional amendment This is a measure to help reduce political gridlock.
    Gary Franks, Boston Herald, 20 Jan. 2024
  • Brown signed an incompetency finding last Wednesday.
    Skye Seipp, Austin American-Statesman, 5 Nov. 2024
Definition of incompetency
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