incapacity

in- (“negative”) +‎ capacity

• IPA^(key): /ˌɪnkəˈpæsɪti/

incapacity (countable and uncountable, plural incapacities)

1. The lack of a capacity; an inability.
   • 1605, Francis Bacon, The Advancement of Learning:

     So that it is not the insufficiency or incapacity of man's mind, but it is the remote standing or placing thereof that breedeth these mazes and incomprehensions;

2. Legal disqualification.

• inoperancy