incapacity Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun lack of intellectual power
  2. noun lack of physical or natural qualifications

WordNet

In`ca*pac"i*ty noun
Etymology
Cf. F. incapacité.
Wordforms
plural Incapacities
Definitions
  1. Want of capacity; lack of physical or intellectual power; inability.
  2. (Law) Want of legal ability or competency to do, give, transmit, or receive something; inability; disqualification; as, the inacapacity of minors to make binding contracts, etc. Syn. -- Inability; incapability; incompetency; unfitness; disqualification; disability.

Webster 1913