incapable
Example Sentences
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But I also understand the rage of taxpayers who wonder why Los Angeles City Hall is so incapable of managing the basics.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 18, 2026
Vance, though, is clearly incapable of such a spontaneous response.
From Salon • Apr. 1, 2026
Their main task will be to develop a plan towards reforming a WTO that has proven to be powerless in the face of rising protectionism and largely incapable of negotiating new agreements.
From Barron's • Mar. 20, 2026
Those encounters can make them look incapable of managing their lives even when the core problem is the absence of stable housing.
From Slate • Mar. 12, 2026
But now, as he saw Fiver, small and familiar, incapable of hurting anyone or of concealing what he felt, trembling in the wet grass, either from fear or from cold, his anger melted away.
From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams
Vocabulary lists containing incapable
The Watsons Go to Birmingham
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"To Kill a Mockingbird" by Harper Lee, Chapters 12–15
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A Wrinkle in Time
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