How to Use incapable in a Sentence

incapable

adjective
Definition of incapablenext
Synonyms for incapablenext
  • That doesn’t mean the rest of the conference is incapable.
    — Theo MacKie, The Arizona Republic, 3 Nov. 2022
  • That's when the man asked the victim which of his two cars was incapable of being tracked.
    — Jay R. Jordan, Chron, 16 May 2022
  • Even with Ohtani and Mike Trout the last six years, the Angels had proven incapable of anything close.
    — Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 15 Dec. 2023
  • But as soon as the lights got bright, why were the Celtics incapable of handling their own business?
    — Richard Morin, USA TODAY, 30 May 2023
  • The Last of Us Part One, on the other hand, is incapable of shifting the paradigm.
    — WIRED, 3 Sep. 2022
  • The Broncos seem incapable of getting off to a fast start, and this Dolphins side is built to play with a lead.
    — Jeremy Cluff, The Arizona Republic, 17 Nov. 2020
  • At the very last minute, Owen backs out, incapable of taking the leap Maddy's asking.
    — James Grebey, TIME, 17 May 2024
  • Kevin seems incapable of emotion and appears to feel no remorse for the killings.
    — Keith Langston, Peoplemag, 27 June 2023
  • While the Chiefs struggled to extend their lead in the second half, the Seahawks were incapable of trimming it.
    — Dave Skretta, ajc, 24 Dec. 2022
  • This is a team that seems incapable of winning by margin.
    — Los Angeles Times, 20 Sep. 2021
  • The book on Clay Helton was that the coach was incapable of adjusting at halftime.
    — Ryan Kartje, Los Angeles Times, 19 Sep. 2021
  • Domino is incapable of the former and beyond the latter — alert to it, but beyond it.
    — Mark Feeney, BostonGlobe.com, 16 June 2022
  • For the past several years, Green was incapable of even doing that.
    — Danny Emerman, The Mercury News, 10 Apr. 2024
  • As a result, large shares of those still working at age 62 will be incapable of working even two more years.
    — John F. Wasik, Forbes, 7 Mar. 2022
  • Austin is incapable of timely responding to a victim shot in the head.
    — Julia Jones, CNN, 25 May 2021
  • In recent years, large swaths of the electric grid in the U.S. have proved incapable of keeping up with these climate curveballs.
    — Justin Worland, Time, 18 Feb. 2021
  • The shuttle rounded Mizner Park’s curves, incapable of clocking in speeds as high as the sports cars that often line the park at night.
    — Abigail Hasebroock, Sun Sentinel, 17 June 2024
  • Politicians, the saying goes, are incapable of seeing past the next election.
    — Jason L. Riley, WSJ, 16 Aug. 2022
  • The sheer lyricism of his writing had me incapable of abandoning the story.
    — Riza Cruz, ELLE, 27 May 2022
  • The plant would be incapable of self-pollination, and would not need to be detasseled at all.
    — Julian Epp, The New Republic, 5 Nov. 2021
  • With the 13 women dead and the police seemingly incapable of catching the killer, no one felt safe and every man was a suspect.
    — Chaise Sanders, Country Living, 4 Nov. 2022
  • This isn’t to say that Leith and Hollywood are incapable of doing their job because of their age.
    — Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 28 Nov. 2024
  • McIntyre and Sheamus are incapable of having a bad match.
    — Alfred Konuwa, Forbes, 7 Sep. 2021
  • From the beginning, the U.N. and aid groups warned that the convoys were incapable of meeting the requirements of more than 2 million people who had the most basic needs.
    — Doha Madani, NBC News, 7 Mar. 2024
  • Boston College is incapable of running the ball, though.
    — Cameron Teague Robinson, The Courier-Journal, 21 Oct. 2020
  • Vance — the meek, chubby kid — becomes a mild-mannered guy incapable of picking up on social clues.
    — Armond White, National Review, 18 Nov. 2020
  • And then there are those incapable of even grasping the situation.
    — WIRED, 28 July 2023
  • Only with Alix could Nikolai be alone now, incapable of showing any signs of life.
    — Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, National Review, 14 Oct. 2021
  • Ludwig Kaiser Sheamus and Ludwig Kaiser are incapable of having a bad match.
    — Alfred Konuwa, Forbes, 28 Oct. 2024
  • Surrender, then, will come not when the opponent’s numbers are diminished and its armory empty but when the survivors’ shield of silicon is rendered incapable of saving its technological assets—and finally its human deputies.
    — Henry A. Kissinger, Foreign Affairs, 18 Nov. 2024

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