incapable

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Vance, though, is clearly incapable of such a spontaneous response.

From Salon • Apr. 1, 2026

The more immediate risk is that Washington may conclude Canada is incapable of defending the Arctic, compelling the US military to take charge, he said.

From Barron's • Mar. 13, 2026

Those encounters can make them look incapable of managing their lives even when the core problem is the absence of stable housing.

From Slate • Mar. 12, 2026

But Mr. Styles’s voice, while expressive in certain contexts, is incapable of conveying hedonism, and “Aperture” ends up feeling blandly uplifting rather than transcendent.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 10, 2026

Though psychologically incapable of seeing himself as a party leader, in truth that was what he had become.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis