incapacity
noun/ˌɪnkəˈpæsɪti/
Etymology From in- (“negative”) + capacity.
1
The lack of a capacity; an inability.
- 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;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:
2
Legal disqualification.
- Derived terms
- educated incapacity, incapacitate
- Related terms
- inoperancy, incapacitation