incapacity (noun)

  • 51ignorance — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Lack of knowledge Nouns 1. ignorance, nescience; illiteracy; darkness, blindness; incomprehension, inexperience, simplicity, simpleness, innocence; stupidity; unawareness. See folly, insanity,… …

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  • 52inability — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. impotence, incapacity, powerlessness; unskillfulness, incompetence, inefficiency. Ant., ability, knack. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. incapacity, incompetence, inadequacy, shortcoming, disability, handicap …

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  • 53minority — mi·nor·i·ty n pl ties 1 a: the period before attainment of majority b: the state of being a minor 2: the smaller of two groups constituting a whole: as a: a group (as in a legislative body) having less than the number of votes necessary for… …

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  • 54disqualification — dis·qual·i·fi·ca·tion /dis ˌkwä lə fə kā shən/ n 1: something that disqualifies or incapacitates 2: the act of disqualifying: state of being disqualified disqualification of a juror for bias Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster.… …

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  • 55shut-in — I. noun Date: 1891 1. a person who is confined to home, a room, or bed because of illness or incapacity 2. a narrow gorge shaped part of an otherwise wide valley 3. available oil or gas which is not being produced from an existing well II.… …

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  • 56Germany — /jerr meuh nee/, n. a republic in central Europe: after World War II divided into four zones, British, French, U.S., and Soviet, and in 1949 into East Germany and West Germany; East and West Germany were reunited in 1990. 84,068,216; 137,852 sq.… …

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  • 57impotence — I noun debilitation, debility, defenselessness, failure, feebleness, forcelessness, helplessness, imbecillitas, impotency, impuissance, inability, inadequacy, incapability, incapacitation, incapacity, incompetence, incompetency, ineffectiveness,… …

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  • 58incompetence — in·com·pe·tence /in käm pə təns/ n: the state or fact of being incompetent compare competency Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996 …

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  • 59ward — / wȯrd/ n 1: a division of a city for representative, electoral, or administrative purposes 2 a: a person who by reason of incapacity (as minority or incompetency) is under the control of a guardian b: a person who by reason of incapacity is… …

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  • 60impuissance — I noun caducity, debility, decrepitude, disability, disablement, exhaustion, failure, feebleness, frailty, helplessness, impotence, inability, inaptitude, incapability, incapacity, incompetence, inefficacy, inefficiency, ineptitude, infirmity,… …

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