incapacity
/ˌɪnkəˈpæsətɪ/noun
(pl. -ies)[mass noun]
1- physical or mental inability to do something or to manage one's affairs(生理, 心理)无能力, 无自理能力:
they can be sacked only for incapacity or misbehaviour.
他们可以仅因伤残或者行为不当而遭解雇。
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- legal disqualification剥夺法定资格:
they are not subject to any legal incapacity.
他们没有遭到任何法定资格的剥夺。
词源
early 17th cent.: from French incapacité or late Latin incapacitas, from in- (expressing negation) + capacitas (see CAPACITY).