uncapable

U1N1C3A1P3A1B3L1E1

adjective

Not capable; incapable.

Scrabble 15
Ask AI about this wordChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

Meanings

adjectiveuncapable (not comparable)
  1. not comparableobsoleteNot capable; incapable.

    whosoever readeth them is not tied to plod long upon them, whereof I am uncapable.

    1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 10, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book II, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC

Origin

From un- + capable.

Full word history & related roots →

Translations

Chinese Mandarin 無能 /无能, 無法 /无法
  • 無能 /无能 (wúnéng)not capable
  • 無法 /无法 (wúfǎ)not capable
French incapable
  • incapablenot capable
German unfähig
  • unfähignot capable
Portuguese incapaz
  • incapaznot capable
Russian неспосо́бный
  • неспосо́бный (nesposóbnyj)not capable

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

unpacable
Cite this entry
APA

uncapable. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/uncapable

MLA

“uncapable.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/uncapable. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “uncapable,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/uncapable.

Source: uncapable on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.