in no condition
idiom
: not physically or mentally able (to do something)
I was sick and in no condition to go to work yesterday.
He is in no condition to drive.
Examples of in no condition in a Sentence
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Southampton were helpfully in no condition just to make life difficult by sitting back and soaking up pressure, having taken only four points from the preceding nine games under Martin’s Croatian successor Ivan Juric.
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Andy Naylor, The Athletic, 23 Feb. 2025
Her mother, elderly and frail, was in no condition to journey into the South China Sea, and Hongyen couldn’t bear to leave her behind.
—Brendan Quinn, The Athletic, 1 July 2024
But today’s Middle East is in no condition to be ordered by Washington.
—Marc Lynch, Foreign Affairs, 26 July 2022
Most have two — Lloyd — but my father just had the one, because after his birth, his mother was in no condition to hold a pen.
—Soma Mei Sheng Frazier, Peoplemag, 20 July 2024
Well aware that Yoong was in no condition to survive their savage reprisals, a Chinese coworker from Sichuan province took the blame instead.
—TIME, 21 Mar. 2024
But Kurt was in no condition to make any decisions.
—Michael Azerrad, The New Yorker, 22 Sep. 2021
The man, believing the woman was in no condition to drive, wrestled the woman out of the car, then restrained her.
—Bob Sandrick, cleveland, 9 Sep. 2021
His boss subsequently arrived with another driver because the man had been drinking on the job and was in no condition to drive.
—cleveland, 25 July 2022
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Andy Naylor, The Athletic, 23 Feb. 2025
Her mother, elderly and frail, was in no condition to journey into the South China Sea, and Hongyen couldn’t bear to leave her behind.
—Brendan Quinn, The Athletic, 1 July 2024
But today’s Middle East is in no condition to be ordered by Washington.
—Marc Lynch, Foreign Affairs, 26 July 2022
Most have two — Lloyd — but my father just had the one, because after his birth, his mother was in no condition to hold a pen.
—Soma Mei Sheng Frazier, Peoplemag, 20 July 2024
Well aware that Yoong was in no condition to survive their savage reprisals, a Chinese coworker from Sichuan province took the blame instead.
—TIME, 21 Mar. 2024
But Kurt was in no condition to make any decisions.
—Michael Azerrad, The New Yorker, 22 Sep. 2021
The man, believing the woman was in no condition to drive, wrestled the woman out of the car, then restrained her.
—Bob Sandrick, cleveland, 9 Sep. 2021
His boss subsequently arrived with another driver because the man had been drinking on the job and was in no condition to drive.
—cleveland, 25 July 2022
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“In no condition.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/in%20no%20condition. Accessed 9 Mar. 2025.
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