incapableness

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for incapableness
Noun
  • Read More Dad keeps quiet about construction job, gets $270K in disability in NJ, feds say A man from Toms River, New Jersey, collected $270,933 in disability benefits while secretly working in construction, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of New Jersey.
    Real-Time News team, Miami Herald, 18 Apr. 2025
  • Students with disabilities graduated at a rate of 69%, still well below the statewide average.
    Erin Sjostedt, Baltimore Sun, 18 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • The researchers discovered that the solvent’s inability to mix with bodily fluids is key for the drug crystals to clump together and form a long-lasting drug reservoir (depot) beneath the skin post-injection.
    Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 24 Mar. 2025
  • Chronic insomnia — an inability to fall or stay asleep or waking up much earlier than desired — could lead to serious issues, including heart attacks and stroke.
    Andrew Torgan, CNN, 23 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • This definition also includes instance in which the victim is incapable of giving consent because of temporary or permanent mental or physical incapacity (include due to the influence of drugs or alcohol) or because of age.
    Baltimore Sun staff, Baltimore Sun, 11 Apr. 2025
  • The other top challenges included difficulty with identifying disruptions in real-time (26 percent), reduced agility in diverting orders to alternative suppliers or locales (25 percent), and an incapacity to meet compliance requirements on materials traceability (25 percent).
    Alexandra Harrell, Sourcing Journal, 3 Sep. 2019
Noun
  • These two Radical Left fools left behind two cities that will take years to recover from their incompetence and evil.
    Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Apr. 2025
  • The great tariff turnaround this week was either a sign of gross incompetence or a cruel game played on the world.
    Paul Bedard, The Washington Examiner, 12 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • It's been a revolving door of incompetency under center for the Browns this year.
    Dan Perry, Newsweek, 2 Jan. 2025
  • When pressed on such timelines during a Senate hearing in December 2024, FDA Commissioner Robert Califf reiterated the issue isn’t a matter of corruption or incompetency, but federal support.
    Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 15 Jan. 2025
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“Incapableness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/incapableness. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.

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