incapacities
Lacks of ability
Incapacities are conditions that prevent someone from functioning normally or performing expected duties.
The word usually refers to physical or mental limitations: His incapacities made independent living impossible.
Legal incapacity means lacking the mental competence to make binding decisions.
The plural suggests multiple distinct limitations rather than a single disability.
Weakness of body
- infirmityWeakness from illness or age
- debilityImpaired strength or vitality
- feeblenessLack of strength
- weaknessDeficiency in force
enervation · exhaustion · debilitation · enfeeblement · prostration · fragility · decrepitude · impotence
State of being insufficient
- insufficiencyShortfall in amount needed
- shortcomingA fault or weakness
- inabilityLack of capacity
- ineptitudeLack of ability
ineffectiveness · inefficacy · deficiency · lack · failure · unfitness · incompetency · limitation
Lack of required skill
- unsoundnessLack of stability or validity
- dementiaChronic cognitive impairment
- senilityAge-related mental decline
- unfitnessLack of suitability
Ease of approach
- wheelchairSeated conveyance for mobility-impaired
- prosthesisManufactured replacement body part
- paralysisLoss of muscle function
- blindnessAbsence of vision
deafness · autism · dyslexia · amputee · quadriplegia · neurodiversity · impairment · accommodation
Removal from eligibility
- ineligibilityFailure to meet criteria
- incompetencyLack of skill
- disabilityImpairment affecting life activities
- guardianshipLegal care of another
conservatorship · unfitness · nullity · voiding · invalidation · disenfranchisement
frailty
Weakness of body
- infirmityWeakness from illness or age
- debilityImpaired strength or vitality
- feeblenessLack of strength
weakness · enervation · exhaustion · debilitation · enfeeblement · prostration · fragility · decrepitude · impotence · powerlessness
inadequacy
State of being insufficient
- insufficiencyShortfall in amount needed
- shortcomingA fault or weakness
- inabilityLack of capacity
ineptitude · ineffectiveness · inefficacy · deficiency · lack · failure · unfitness · incompetency · limitation · handicap
incompetence
Lack of required skill
- unsoundnessLack of stability or validity
- dementiaChronic cognitive impairment
- senilityAge-related mental decline
unfitness · disqualification · conservatorship · judgment · lucidity
accessibility
Ease of approach
- wheelchairSeated conveyance for mobility-impaired
- prosthesisManufactured replacement body part
- paralysisLoss of muscle function
blindness · deafness · autism · dyslexia · amputee · quadriplegia · neurodiversity · impairment · accommodation · caregiver
disqualification
Removal from eligibility
- ineligibilityFailure to meet criteria
- incompetencyLack of skill
- disabilityImpairment affecting life activities
guardianship · conservatorship · unfitness · nullity · voiding · invalidation · disenfranchisement
incapacitiescapacities
Maximum holding amounts
capabilities · abilities · competencies · faculties · aptitudes
capacity, capability, incapable, capacious, incapacity, incapacitate, incapacitation, capaciousness