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- Dictionaryin·ca·pac·i·tat·ed/ˌinkəˈpasəˌtādəd/
adjective
- 1. deprived of strength or power; debilitated: "Richard was temporarily incapacitated"
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The meaning of INCAPACITATED is deprived of capacity or natural power : made incapable of or unfit for normal functioning. How to use incapacitated in a sentence.
to make someone unable to work or do things normally, or unable to do what they intended to do: The accident left me incapacitated for seven months. Rubber bullets are designed to incapacitate people rather than kill them. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Injuring and injuries. at-risk. battered child syndrome. battered woman syndrome.
Incapacitated definition: deprived of strength or ability; made incapable or nonfunctional. See examples of INCAPACITATED used in a sentence.
Incapacitated is an adjective that describes a state where you don’t have the capacity, or ability, to accomplish something. When someone becomes incapacitated, illness or injury is usually to blame.
to make someone unable to work or do things normally, or unable to do what they intended to do: The accident left me incapacitated for seven months. Rubber bullets are designed to incapacitate people rather than kill them. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Injuring and injuries. at-risk. be in the wars idiom. bite. boo-boo. brain damage.
adjective. deprived of power, strength, or capacity. He is incapacitated and can't work. Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers. Word Frequency. incapacitated in American English. (ˌinkəˈpæsɪˌteitɪd) adjective. unable to act, respond, or the like (often used euphemistically when one is busy or otherwise occupied)
in·ca·pac·i·tate. (ĭn′kə-păs′ĭ-tāt′) tr.v. in·ca·pac·i·tat·ed, in·ca·pac·i·tat·ing, in·ca·pac·i·tates. 1. To deprive of strength or ability; disable. 2. To make legally ineligible; disqualify. in′ca·pac′i·ta′tion n. American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition.
to make someone unable to work or do things normally, or unable to do what they intended to do: The accident left me incapacitated for seven months. Rubber bullets are designed to incapacitate people rather than kill them. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Injuring and injuries. at-risk. battered child syndrome. battered woman syndrome.
: the quality or state of being incapable. especially : lack of physical or intellectual power or of natural or legal qualifications. Synonyms. impotence. inability. inadequacy. incapability. incompetence. incompetency. ineptitude. insufficiency. powerlessness. See all Synonyms & Antonyms in Thesaurus. Examples of incapacity in a Sentence.
Incapacitation definition: the state of not having the necessary ability, qualification, or strength to perform some specified act or function; incapacity. See examples of INCAPACITATION used in a sentence.
