incapacity
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He said that "unfortunately, we are seeing a parallel collapse of the infrastructure, and also the incapacity of the state to provide timely rescue support for the people in the devastated areas".
From BBC ● Jun. 26, 2026
Trusts are designed to manage assets, distribute income, prevent beneficiaries from getting too much money at one time, avoid probate and plan for any incapacity of the beneficiary.
From MarketWatch ● Apr. 18, 2026
But the line between incapacity and hardship is not always clear, especially when poverty and homelessness are involved.
From Slate ● Mar. 12, 2026
When clinicians blur the line between suffering and incapacity, accommodation loses its meaning, standards lose force, and those with genuine impairments are met with suspicion.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 19, 2026
The resort to weapons such as insecticides to control it is a proof of insufficient knowledge and of an incapacity so to guide the processes of nature that brute force becomes unnecessary.
From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson
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