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240 words match “INCAPABLE”

INDEPOSABLE a.
Incapable of being deposed. [R.] Princes indeposable by the pope. Bp. Stillingfleet.
INDEPRECABLE a.
Incapable or undeserving of being deprecated. Cockeram.
INDEPREHENSIBLE a.
Incapable of being found out. Bp. Morton.
INDEPRIVABLE a.
Incapable of being deprived, or of being taken away.
INDESCRIBABLE a.
Incapable of being described. -- In`de*scrib"a*bly, adv.
INDESTRUCTIBLE a.
Not destructible; incapable of decomposition or of being destroyed. -- In`de*struc"ti*ble*ness, n. -- In`de*struc"ti*bly, adv.
INDIMINISHABLE a.
Incapable of being diminished. [R.] Milton.
INDISSIPABLE a.
Incapable o
INDISSOLUBLE a.
Incapable of being rightfully broken or dissolved; perpetually binding or obligatory; firm; stable, as, an indissoluble league or covenant. To the which my duties Are with a most indissoluble tie Forever knit. Shak.
INDISSOLVABLE a.
Not dissolvable; incapable of being dissolved or separated; incapable oas, an indissolvable bond of union. Bp. Warburton.
INDIVIDUAL n.
A single person, animal, or thing of any kind; a thing or being incapable of separation or division, without losing its identity; especially, a human being; a person. Cowper. An object which is in the strict and primary sense one, and can not be logically divided, is called an individual. Whately. That individuals die,…
INDIVISIBLE a.
Not divisible; incapable of being divided, separated, or broken; not separable into parts. "One indivisible point of time." Dryden.
INDOCIBLE a.
Incapable of being taught, or not easily instructed; dull in intellect; intractable; unteachable; indocile. Bp. Hall. -- In*doc"i*ble*ness, n.
INDUCTILE a.
Not ductile; incapable of being drawn into threads, as a metal; inelastic; tough.
INEFFABLE a.
Incapable of being expresses in words; unspeakable; unutterable; indescribable; as, the ineffable joys of heaven. Contentment with our lot . . . will diffuse ineffable contenBeattie.
INEFFACEABLE a.
Incapable of being effaced; indelible; ineradicable.
INEFFICIENT a.
Incapable of, or indisposed to, effective action; habitually slack or remiss; effecting little or nothing; as, inefficient workmen; an inefficient administrator.
INELUDIBLE a.
Incapable of being eluded or evaded; unvoidable. Most pressing reasons and ineludible demonstrations. Glanvill.
INENARRABLE a.
Incapable of being narrated; indescribable; ineffable. [Obs.] "Inenarrable goodness." Bp. Fisher.
INERADICABLE a.
Incapable of being The bad seed thus sown was ineradicable. Ld. Lytton.
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