incapable
/ɪnˈkeɪpəb(ə)l/
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American sound/ɪnˈkeɪpəb(ə)l/
ɪnˈkeɪpəbəl
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ɪn - ˈkeɪpəbəl -> incapable
Myanmar meaning
(adj) မတတ် နိုင် [သော]။ မတတ်စွမ်း[သော]။ စွမ်းရည်မရှိ [သော]။ မသန်မစွမ်းသော။ မိမိကိုယ်ကိုမိမိ မထိန်းနိုင်သော။
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၁။ ~ of sth / doing sth မတတ် နိုင် [သော]။ မတတ်စွမ်း[သော]။ စွမ်းရည်မရှိ [သော]။
incapable of telling a lie (ie too honest to do so) ❍ incapable of sympathy ❍ The children seem to be totally incapable of working quietly by themselves.
၂။ မသန်မစွမ်းသော။
မိမိကိုယ်ကိုမိမိ မထိန်းနိုင်သော။
The patient was deemed incapable. ❍ He was arrested for being drunk and incapable.
More examples
- [incapable of] : Professors who seem incapable of any original thought
- [incapable of doing something] : The army was badly equipped, and incapable of offering serious resistance.
- The city’s road system is incapable of handling the current volume of traffic.
- I knew that she was incapable of telling a lie.
- She made me feel stupid and incapable.
- Who will look after your affairs if you become mentally incapable?
Synonyms
unable, powerless, incompetent, inept, not sufficiently expert, unqualified, butterfingers, dependent, disqualified, feeble, frail, helpless, impotent, inadequate, incapacitated, ineffective, ineligible, inexperienced, inexpert, inproficient, insufficient, losing, naive, not equal to, not up to, poor, uncool, unequipped, unfit, unskilled, unskillful, unsuited, vulnerable, weak
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