incapacity
noun
[ ɪnkəˈpasɪti ]
• physical or mental inability to do something or to manage one's affairs.
• "they can be sacked only for incapacity or misbehaviour"
Similar:
disability,
incapability,
inability,
debility,
impairment,
indisposition,
unfitness,
powerlessness,
impotence,
helplessness,
weakness,
incompetence,
inadequacy,
ineffectiveness,
ineffectuality,
inefficiency,
• legal disqualification.
• "they are not subject to any legal incapacity"
Origin:
early 17th century: from French incapacité or late Latin incapacitas, from in- (expressing negation) + capacitas (see capacity).
