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Recent Examples of incapacity Vargas Llosa, who died in Lima this past weekend at the age of 89, nurtured a lifelong obsession with his native Peru: its corrupt political ecosystem, its inequality, its incapacity to make good on its promise. Ilan Stavans, The Atlantic, 15 Apr. 2025 But is incapacity a good enough reason to take over Libya’s case against al-Islam? Timothy William Waters, Foreign Affairs, 2 Oct. 2013 The other top challenges included difficulty with identifying disruptions in real-time (26 percent), reduced agility in diverting orders to alternative suppliers or locales (25 percent), and an incapacity to meet compliance requirements on materials traceability (25 percent). Alexandra Harrell, Sourcing Journal, 3 Sep. 2019 Some readily agree and allow more flexibility for determining incapacity. Carolyn Rosenblatt, Forbes, 27 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for incapacity
Recent Examples of Synonyms for incapacity
inability
Noun
  • Rage, fatigue, mood swings, memory loss, hot flashes, itchy ears, inability to sleep, loss of libido, hair thinning, depression, weight gain, sore knees, night sweats, incontinence.
    Katia Riddle, NPR, 15 May 2025
  • More accurately, the newly positive change in your 401(k) has to do with the inability of presidents to ignore market sentiment and live to tell the tale.
    The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 15 May 2025

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“Incapacity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/incapacity. Accessed 21 May. 2025.

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