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Incapable

/ˌɪˈnkeɪpəbəl/
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(adj) Not capable (of doing something); unable.

Ostriches are incapable of flight.
The child was incapable of understanding his father's death.
CEFR Practice Quiz
Without the proper tools, we are completely ____ of fixing the broken water pipe ourselves.

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