incapable
Example Sentences
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Vance, though, is clearly incapable of such a spontaneous response.
From Salon • Apr. 1, 2026
Their main task will be to develop a plan towards reforming a WTO that has proven to be powerless in the face of rising protectionism and largely incapable of negotiating new agreements.
From Barron's • Mar. 20, 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
Steve Carell’s character in the likable, watchable and even lovable “Rooster” is classic Steve Carell: Self-aware, charming, boyish, incapable of reading a room, sidestepping a faux pas or calculating nuance.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 5, 2026
So maybe the Whisperer could only seek out certain things and was incapable of detecting anything else.
From "The Mysterious Benedict Society" by Trenton Lee Stewart
Vocabulary lists containing incapable
The Watsons Go to Birmingham
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"To Kill a Mockingbird" by Harper Lee, Chapters 12–15
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A Wrinkle in Time
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