/ ɪnˈkeɪpəbl; NAmE / adjective
1.
incapable of sth / of doing sth not able to do sth :
incapable of speech
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
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WORD ORIGIN
late 16th cent.: from French , or from late Latin incapabilis , from in- not + capabilis (from Latin capere take or hold).