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Incapable vs Incompetent vs Unqualified

Incapableincompetentunqualified mean mentally or physically unfit, or unfitted by nature, character, or training, to do a given kind of work. (Except for this denial of fitness the terms otherwise correspond to the affirmative adjectives in their attributive use as discriminated at ABLE , especially when their limitations in application and their distinguishing implications are considered.)