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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The only exceptions would be death, resignation, or physical or mental incapacity to serve.
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Alan Wooten | The Center Square, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 13 Dec. 2024
In 2006, at the age of 30, I was diagnosed with a rare, progressive, genetic muscle wasting disease called Hereditary Inclusion Body Myopathy (or GNE Myopathy) that leads to tetraplegia, severe incapacity of one’s arms, legs, and torso.
—Cara Elizabeth Yar Khan, TIME, 3 Dec. 2024
The deal never happened, so in January 1996, Lutnick activated an incapacity committee that had been outlined in the partnership agreements.
—Dan Alexander, Forbes, 20 Nov. 2024
However, verification of political incapacity should not necessarily mean that the ward’s political voice is forever silenced.
—Eugene R. Schnitzler, Chicago Tribune, 5 Nov. 2024
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Alan Wooten | The Center Square, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 13 Dec. 2024
In 2006, at the age of 30, I was diagnosed with a rare, progressive, genetic muscle wasting disease called Hereditary Inclusion Body Myopathy (or GNE Myopathy) that leads to tetraplegia, severe incapacity of one’s arms, legs, and torso.
—Cara Elizabeth Yar Khan, TIME, 3 Dec. 2024
The deal never happened, so in January 1996, Lutnick activated an incapacity committee that had been outlined in the partnership agreements.
—Dan Alexander, Forbes, 20 Nov. 2024
However, verification of political incapacity should not necessarily mean that the ward’s political voice is forever silenced.
—Eugene R. Schnitzler, Chicago Tribune, 5 Nov. 2024
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“Incapacity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/incapacity. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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