"Uncapable" or "incapable"? - English Language & Usage Stack …
2016年9月27日 · I agree with the accepted answer that incapable is the best word for most occasions. However, a small note about the history and "wordness" of uncapable : According to the OED's attestations, un capable actually slightly …
Is there a word for people incapable of thinking?
2015年7月10日 · It would be better of the poster clarified what they mean by 'incapable'. Incapable by figurative sense or literal senses. Well seeing as how stupid is used as an insult it wouldn't fit. As I see it from y studies in neurology and archetypal psychology, there is no such thing as 'incapable' of thinking unless the brain is fully dead.
Could not - was incapable of, was capable of not, or ambiguous?
2019年5月14日 · As per my understanding, 'can not' (present tense of 'able to not') has an entirely different meaning from 'cannot' (present tense of 'not able to').
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2014年2月4日 · Now, this does not break things down quite as neatly as in‑ + cap + ‑able, or even in‑ capere + ‑able but that's because the English word incapable is not in‑ + cap + ‑able. Latin capabilis means comprehensible or intelligent, or being able to be received (in Christian theological use, God and specifically the Holy Spirit is ...
Usage of "(in)capable" - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange
2012年9月17日 · The usage is acceptable, if I correctly understand the third sense of incapable in OED 1: “Of such a nature, or in such a condition, as not to allow or admit of; not admitting or susceptible of. ... Equivalent to ‘that cannot’ with an infinitive passive; e.g. incapable of measurement, or incapable of being measured”.
Is there a word, phrase or idiom for "a person who is incapable of ...
2017年11月28日 · I need a word/ phrase/ idiom to describe a (real) person who is always living in the past and present, but is incapable of thinking about the future. He has often been criticized by someone for being unable to think ahead or make long range plans.
Is there a word similar to infallible that means "incapable of being ...
2014年11月28日 · Schlemiel In Yiddish/American slang, a dopey, awkward person--a person who never gets any good luck and who is not particularly graceful The word 'schlemiel' means 'chronic bungler' in Yiddish (from a character in a classic German fable by A. von Chamissa (1781-1838) The fable,'The Wonderful History of Peter Schlemihl' appeared in 1813.
single word requests - What do you call someone who refuses to ...
incorrigible: incapable of being corrected or amended In context, the word usually implies that the person doesn't respond well to criticism or admit fault. Share
"He thought me incapable ..." - What is this pattern?
2015年4月8日 · He thought me incapable of doing so. I wished them dead. Many verbs take more than one complementation pattern. These verbs above are best thought of as verbs which can take different types of complements, because there are many verbs that take infinitival clauses as complements which cannot be "reduced" in this way. For example:
What do you call a person who cannot learn to use computers?
2022年10月24日 · @WeatherVane My reading of the question is that the questioner is looking for a term for someone who is incapable of becoming tech-savvy. A person with no exposure to or training in computing is not rech-savvy but, if they have the ability to learn the skills, they will become tech-savvy.