incapacity

Example Sentences

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And most glaringly, while back in 2002 when Iain Duncan Smith visited Easterhouse, around a quarter of recipients of incapacity benefits were for mental or behavioural reasons; today, it's close to half.

From BBC • Mar. 30, 2026

Kuczynski's replacement Martin Vizcarra lasted only two years in the job, ousted by Congress in 2020 for "moral incapacity " -- a charge that has also been leveled against other Peruvian leaders.

From Barron's • Feb. 17, 2026

She suffered difficult pregnancies, physical illness and depression, often feeling exhausted to the point of incapacity.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 12, 2026

An important caveat: delusions six years ago and intermittent bouts of paranoia do not automatically indicate legal incapacity.

From MarketWatch • Dec. 30, 2025

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