as in inability
the lack of sufficient ability, power, or means
her entrenched incapacity for decision-making doesn't make her a very good boss
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Kumar believes the 25th Amendment − which creates a process to remove the president in case of incapacity or inability to serve − is the best remedy.
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David Plazas, The Tennessean, 7 Aug. 2024
But the ultimate failure was their incapacity to adapt to a new global political paradigm, particularly after the 2008 subprime crisis in the United States and the ensuing 2010 EU debt crisis.
—Agustino Fontevecchia, Forbes, 10 Jan. 2025
The only exceptions would be death, resignation, or physical or mental incapacity to serve.
—Alan Wooten | The Center Square, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 13 Dec. 2024
In 2006, at the age of 30, I was diagnosed with a rare, progressive, genetic muscle wasting disease called Hereditary Inclusion Body Myopathy (or GNE Myopathy) that leads to tetraplegia, severe incapacity of one’s arms, legs, and torso.
—Cara Elizabeth Yar Khan, TIME, 3 Dec. 2024
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David Plazas, The Tennessean, 7 Aug. 2024
But the ultimate failure was their incapacity to adapt to a new global political paradigm, particularly after the 2008 subprime crisis in the United States and the ensuing 2010 EU debt crisis.
—Agustino Fontevecchia, Forbes, 10 Jan. 2025
The only exceptions would be death, resignation, or physical or mental incapacity to serve.
—Alan Wooten | The Center Square, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 13 Dec. 2024
In 2006, at the age of 30, I was diagnosed with a rare, progressive, genetic muscle wasting disease called Hereditary Inclusion Body Myopathy (or GNE Myopathy) that leads to tetraplegia, severe incapacity of one’s arms, legs, and torso.
—Cara Elizabeth Yar Khan, TIME, 3 Dec. 2024
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“Incapacity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/incapacity. Accessed 20 Mar. 2025.
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