as in inability
the lack of sufficient ability, power, or means
her entrenched incapacity for decision-making doesn't make her a very good boss
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Recent Examples of incapacity
Some readily agree and allow more flexibility for determining incapacity.
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Carolyn Rosenblatt, Forbes, 27 Feb. 2025
Their proposal includes allowing the College of Cardinals to oversee governance during a temporary incapacity and convening a medical commission to assess the pope's health.
—Mark Joseph, Newsweek, 24 Feb. 2025
The incapacity to proceed statute in North Carolina doesn’t expressly prevent applying it retroactively, Emry argues.
—Kallie Cox, Charlotte Observer, 17 Jan. 2025
Then-Secretary of State Robert Lansing invoked Article II, Section 1 of the Constitution, which provides for the vice president to assume presidential duties in cases of incapacity.
—Richard Menger Md Mpa, Forbes, 13 Jan. 2025
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Carolyn Rosenblatt, Forbes, 27 Feb. 2025
Their proposal includes allowing the College of Cardinals to oversee governance during a temporary incapacity and convening a medical commission to assess the pope's health.
—Mark Joseph, Newsweek, 24 Feb. 2025
The incapacity to proceed statute in North Carolina doesn’t expressly prevent applying it retroactively, Emry argues.
—Kallie Cox, Charlotte Observer, 17 Jan. 2025
Then-Secretary of State Robert Lansing invoked Article II, Section 1 of the Constitution, which provides for the vice president to assume presidential duties in cases of incapacity.
—Richard Menger Md Mpa, Forbes, 13 Jan. 2025
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“Incapacity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/incapacity. Accessed 19 Apr. 2025.
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