n.

1. The quality of being incapable; incapacity. Suckling.

2. (Law) Lack of legal qualifications, or of legal power; as, incapability of holding an office.

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noun

1. Lack of ability or capacity: inability, incapacity, incompetence, incompetency, powerlessness. See ability/inability.
2. The condition or state of being incapable of accomplishing or effecting anything: helplessness, impotence, inadequacy, ineffectiveness, ineffectuality, ineffectualness, inefficacy, powerlessness, uselessness. See affect/ineffectiveness, strong/weak.

IN BRIEF: State of not having power or skill to do something.

The university brings out all abilities including incapability. — Anton Pavlovich Chekhov (1860-1904), Russian physician & writer.

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The noun has 2 meanings:

Meaning #1: lack of potential for development
  Synonym: incapableness
  Antonym: capability (meaning #3)

Meaning #2: the quality of not being capable -- physically or intellectually or legally
  Synonym: incapableness
  Antonym: capability (meaning #1)

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