incapacitated 1 of 2

adjective

Definition of incapacitatednext
as in disabled

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incapacitated

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verb

past tense of incapacitate
1
as in paralyzed
to render powerless, ineffective, or unable to move the malfunctioning of a single component can incapacitate the engine

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2
as in crippled
to cause severe or permanent injury to the stroke left her completely incapacitated

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Recent Examples of incapacitated
Adjective
There was no 25th Amendment to allow for the replacement of an incapacitated president as there is now. — Peter Lucas, Boston Herald, 6 July 2024 The jewelry-store duel is very Kill Bill, with the two women tossing out insults before attacking brutally and relentlessly: throwing each other around glass cases, using the shop’s offerings as weaponry, and avoiding the incapacitated store owner. — Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 6 Dec. 2024
Verb
The investigators then showed her photos and videos of Williams raping her while she was incapacitated. — Ronan Farrow, The New Yorker, 24 Mar. 2025 On Friday, March 21, the former talk show host, 60 — who was placed under a legal guardianship in 2022 and announced her dementia diagnosis in 2023 — continued her streak of refuting claims that she is incapacitated. — Bailey Richards, People.com, 22 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for incapacitated
Recent Examples of Synonyms for incapacitated
  1. disabled
  2. paralyzed
  3. crippled
  4. injured
  5. infirm
  6. feeble
  7. invalid
  8. weak
Adjective
  • As the Administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Service, Oz is now in charge of Medicare, the federal organization covering healthcare for Americans over 65 years old and disabled people as well as Medicaid, the org that provides medical coverage for low-income people.
    — Wesley Stenzel, EW.com, 19 Apr. 2025
  • Gordon Hartman founded it in 2010 in honor of his disabled daughter, Morgan.
    — Anna Halkidis, Parents, 19 Apr. 2025
Definition of disabled
Verb
  • Queen’s legendary guitarist Brian May made an unexpected return to the music festival stage at Coachella 2025, just seven months after a minor stroke temporarily paralyzed his left arm.
    — Stephanie Giang-Paunon, FOXNews.com, 12 Apr. 2025
  • However, so much has happened since 2020 — the year that a pandemic paralyzed the country — that Idahoans could be forgiven if their memories of the event are a little hazy.
    — Sally Krutzig, Idaho Statesman, 8 Apr. 2025
Definition of paralyzed
Verb
  • His vengeance included turning Michigan State in for NCAA violations, leading to probation that crippled the program until the late 1970s.
    — Joe Rexrode, The Athletic, 31 Dec. 2024
  • As the city litigated and revised the environmental impact report, two devastating storms in December 2023 and February 2024 — the same series that crippled San Diego’s Ocean Beach Pier — substantially damaged the wharf.
    — Noah Haggerty, Los Angeles Times, 28 Dec. 2024
Definition of crippled
Verb
  • The passengers went to a hospital, but nobody was seriously injured.
    — Patrick McGeehan, New York Times, 11 Apr. 2025
  • He’s currently injured, but when in the lineup, the 6-foot-4, 203-pound forward is the type of player the Blues love — straight lines, finishes checks, sells out every shift and a nose for the net.
    — Jeremy Rutherford, New York Times, 11 Apr. 2025
Definition of injured
Adjective
  • They’re designed for Americans that are struggling, that are below the poverty line, or that are infirm, that can’t work and afford health care.
    — Sarah Fortinsky, The Hill, 9 Mar. 2025
  • In place of lockdowns, the statement contended, the nation could simply let infections spread among most of the population while the old and infirm remained in relative isolation.
    — Daniel Engber, The Atlantic, 7 Mar. 2025
Definition of infirm
Adjective
  • Maresca’s post-match insistence that the Frenchman’s struggles are not down to a lack of effort felt as feeble and unconvincing as the sum of his contribution over 45 listless first-half minutes.
    — Liam Twomey, New York Times, 7 Apr. 2025
  • Salvi’s wife, Kathy, current chair of the statewide GOP, has the unenviable task of trying to rebuild what is a feeble Republican Party in deep-blue Illinois.
    — Charles Selle, Chicago Tribune, 7 Apr. 2025
Definition of feeble
Adjective
  • Here is one sequence of events: U.S. legislators and the Senate pass a resolution to declare tariffs invalid.
    — Trefis Team, Forbes.com, 9 Apr. 2025
  • The association had two weeks to collect new signatures or correct invalid ones to make up the difference.
    — Ashley Mackin Solomon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Apr. 2025
Definition of invalid
Adjective
  • Carbonaceous chondrites tend to be weaker and more crumbly than other meteorites, so these objects just don’t stand as much of a chance.
    — Patrick M. Shober, The Conversation, 14 Apr. 2025
  • Then, McIlroy hit a weak drive to the right and was blocked by pines.
    — Time, Time, 14 Apr. 2025
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