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Spell Bee Word: Incapable


What does incapable mean?

Word: Incapable

Part of Speech: Adjective

Meaning: Incapable means not able to do something.

Synonyms: unable, unfit

Antonyms: capable, able

How do you spell incapable?

Syllables: in - ca - pa - ble

Tricky part: The prefix is in-, not un-: uncapable is wrong.

Watch out for: uncapable, encapable

Memory tip: Put in- in front of capable, the same little prefix that turns active into inactive.

Incapable in a sentence

Example 1: My grandmother says she is incapable of sitting still for long.

Example 2: The little puppy was incapable of climbing the steep stairs.

Example 3: He is incapable of telling a lie, so everyone trusts him.

Fun Fact

Capable comes from the Latin capere, to take or hold. A capable person can take hold of a task.

Practise the CREST Way

Jumble Tumble

What is the meaning of the word that can be formed from the given letters?

clanibpea

a) kind and gentle to others
b) full of fresh energy
c) not able to do something
d) careful about what you do

Show answer

c) not able to do something. Clanibpea rearranges to incapable, the opposite of capable.

Spell Spies

Choose the misspelt word/s in the given sentence:

Our old car was incapable of climbing the steep hill road to the vilage.

a) car and steep
b) only vilage
c) only road
d) vilage and climbing

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b) only vilage. Village has a double l: vil-lage.

Word Champ

Which of the words cannot be made using the letters in the given word?

incapable

a) panic
b) apple
c) plain
d) cable

Show answer

b) apple. The double p of apple is the problem: incapable has one p.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. A baby bird is incapable of flying. This means it ________.

a) cannot fly yet
b) flies very well
c) loves flying
d) flies only at night

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a) cannot fly yet

2. 'The old lift is incapable of carrying more than six people.' What does this mean?

a) it moves six floors at once
b) it cannot take more than six
c) it is closed after six
d) it needs six people to run

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b) it cannot take more than six

Associated Words

pangolinpalpabletemptingreinreliablelegion
huddleprophetmanortemperaversion

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