incapable

Example Sentences

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I had never felt so trapped, so humiliated, and so incapable of doing anything about it.

From Literature

If the trend continues, we are heading for a crisis: a generation of employees who never become seasoned insiders, incapable of either collaborating or leading.

From The Wall Street Journal

Nineteenth-century news media perpetuated the belief that young women were passive, incapable of deep thought or deep deception.

From Literature

And yet I remained, daily, mysteriously incapable of doing so.

From Salon

You are not constitutionally incapable of washing a carrot.

From Salon