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Recent Examples of incapacity Ratified in 1967, it was designed to address gaps in succession and clarify what happens in cases of death, resignation, or incapacity. Amanda Castro, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Aug. 2025 This definition also includes instance in which the victim is incapable of giving consent because of temporary or permanent mental or physical incapacity (include due to the influence of drugs or alcohol) or because of age. Baltimore Sun Staff, Baltimore Sun, 11 Aug. 2025 Westcott, 85 — who was diagnosed with Huntington’s Disease, a genetic brain disorder, in 2015 — cited mental incapacity as his reason for attempting to rescind the deal. Colson Thayer, People.com, 27 June 2025 The incapacity of the agency has also been laced with corruption. Elizabeth Glazer, New York Daily News, 18 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for incapacity
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inability
Noun
  • Conventional approaches, such as visual serving and force control, often struggle to achieve reliable performance due to their inability to simultaneously address positional and force-related uncertainties.
    Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 24 Oct. 2025
  • The victim told police that Ising had constantly harassed him at work for two years, sitting next to him during meals and joking about his inability to eat many foods because of his medical condition.
    Judy L. Thomas, Kansas City Star, 24 Oct. 2025

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“Incapacity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/incapacity. Accessed 28 Oct. 2025.

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