incapacitated
incapacitated Lexical Profile
incapacitated Game Scores & Validity
• adjective
Deprived of strength, ability, or normal physical or mental functioning, especially due to illness, injury, or intoxication.
"The pilot became incapacitated mid-flight, requiring the first officer to assume full control of the aircraft."
Legally disqualified or deemed lacking the mental competence required to manage one's own affairs or enter into binding agreements.
"A court-appointed guardian was assigned to manage the estate on behalf of the incapacitated beneficiary."
• verb
To deprive of strength, ability, or normal functioning; to render unable to act or operate (past tense and past participle of incapacitate).
"A severe migraine incapacitated the keynote speaker just hours before the conference began."
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Word Origin & Etymology
Formed in the mid-17th century from the prefix 'in-' (meaning 'not') and 'capacitate', ultimately tracing back to the Latin 'capax' ('able to hold much'), from 'capere' ('to take').