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incapacity

Other forms: incapacities

Definitions of incapacity
  1. noun
    lack of physical or natural qualifications
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    antonyms:
    capacity
    capability to perform or produce
    type of:
    incapability, incapableness
    the quality of not being capable -- physically or intellectually or legally
  2. noun
    lack of intellectual power
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    antonyms:
    capacity
    the power to learn or retain knowledge; in law, the ability to understand the facts and significance of your behavior
    type of:
    inability
    lack of ability (especially mental ability) to do something
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